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Definitions

• the present invention relates to N -(pyridin-2-ylsulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions of these compounds, either alone or in combination with at least one additional therapeutic agent, processes for their preparation, their use in the treatment of diseases, their use, either alone or in combination with at least one additional therapeutic agent and optionally in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, for the manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations, use of the pharmaceutical preparations for the treatment of diseases, and for use in a method of treatment of said diseases, comprising administering the N -(pyridin-2-ylsulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide derivatives to a warm-blooded animal, especially a human.
• WO 2018/042316 concerns N-(pyridin-2-yl)pyridine-sulfonamide derivatives and their use in the treatment of diseases including cystic fibrosis.
• WO 2017/173274 concerns modulators of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR), pharmaceutical compositions and kits thereof.
• CFTR Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator
• US 2016/095858 A1 concerns certain compounds for the treatment of CFTR mediated diseases, such as cystic fibrosis.
• Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal genetic disease that affects approximately 30,000 people in the United States and approximately 70,000 people worldwide. Approximately 1,000 new cases of CF are diagnosed each year. Most patients are diagnosed with CF by the age of two, and more than half of the CF population is 18 years in age or older. Despite progress in the treatment of CF, there is no cure.
• Cystic fibrosis is caused by loss-of-function mutations in the CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein, a cAMP-regulated chloride channel expressed primarily at the apical plasma membrane of secretory epithelia in the airways, pancreas, intestine, and other tissues.
• CFTR is a large, multidomain glycoprotein consisting of two membrane-spanning domains, two nucleotide-binding domains (NBD1 and NBD2) that bind and hydrolyze ATP, and a regulatory (R) domain that gates the channel by phosphorylation.
• potentiators are intended to restore cAMP-dependent chloride channel activity to mutant CFTRs at the cell surface.
• current therapies such as antibiotics, antiinflammatory agents, mucolytics, nebulized hypertonic saline, and pancreatic enzyme replacement, which treat CF disease manifestations, correctors and potentiators correct the underlying CFTR anion channel defect.
• CFTR correctors of formula (I) are considered to be of value in the treatment and/or prevention of CF and related disorders.
• the invention relates to of formula (I): A compound of formula (I): wherein:
• compositions comprising compounds of the invention or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and a pharmaceutical carrier.
• Such compositions can be administered in accordance with the invention, typically as part of a therapeutic regimen for treatment or prevention of conditions and disorders related to Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) activity.
• the pharmaceutical compositions may additionally comprise further one or more therapeutically active ingredients suitable for use in combination with the compounds of the invention.
• the further therapeutically active ingredient is an agent for the treatment of cystic fibrosis.
• Another aspect of the invention relates to pharmaceutical combinations comprising compounds of the invention and other therapeutic agents for use as a medicament in the treatment of patients having disorders related to Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) activity.
• Such combinations can be administered in accordance with the invention, typically as part of a therapeutic regimen for treatment or prevention of CF.
• the present invention provides compounds and pharmaceutical formulations thereof that may be useful in the treatment or prevention of CFTR mediated diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, and conditions and/or disorders through the mediation of CFTR function.
• the invention provides a compound of formula (I): A compound of formula (I): wherein:
• a second embodiment of the invention provides a compound according to the first embodiment of formula (I): wherein:
• a third embodiment of the invention provides a compound according to any of the preceding embodiments of formula (la): wherein:
• a fifth embodiment of the invention provides a compound according to the first, second or third embodiments wherein:
• a sixth embodiment of the invention provides a compound according to the first, second or third embodiments wherein:
• a seventh embodiment of the invention provides a compound according to the first, second or third embodiments wherein:
• An eighth embodiment of the invention provides a compound according to the first, second or third embodiments wherein:
• a ninth embodiment of the invention provides a compound according to the first, second or third embodiments wherein:
• a twelfth embodiment of the invention provides a compound according to the first to fourth embodiments of formula (Ib) wherein: R 3 is selected from the group consisting of: wherein:
• a thirteenth embodiment of the invention provides a compound according to the third embodiment of formula (Ib) wherein: R 3 is selected from the group consisting of: wherein:
• a fourteenth embodiment of the invention provides a compound according to the first, second or third embodiments of formula (Ic): wherein:
• a fifteenth embodiment of the invention provides a compound according to the first, second or third embodiments of formula (Id): wherein:
• a sixteenth embodiment of the invention provides a compound according to the first, second or third embodiments of formula (Ie): wherein:
• a seventeenth embodiment of the invention provides a compound according to embodiments fourteen through sixteen: wherein:
• An eighteenth embodiment of the invention provides a compound according to embodimentsfourteen through sixteen: wherein:
• a nineteenth embodiment of the invention provides a compound according to embodimentsfourteen through sixteen: wherein:
• a twentiethembodiment of the invention provides a compound according to embodimentsfourteen through sixteen: wherein:
• a twentieth-first embodiment of the invention provides a compound according to embodimentfifiteen: wherein:
• a twenty-second embodiment of the invention provides a compound according to embodiment fifteen: wherein:
• a twenty-third embodiment of the invention provides a compound according to embodimentsfourteen through twenty-two: wherein:
• a twenty-fourth embodiment of the invention provides a compound according to embodimentsfourteen through twenty-two: wherein:
• a twenty-fifth embodiment of the invention provides a compound according to embodimentsfourteen through twenty-two: wherein:
• a twenty-sixth embodiment of the invention provides a compound according to embodimentsfourteen through twenty-two: wherein:
• a twenty-eighth embodiment of the invention is: 1-(2-((S)-6,6-dimethyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-yl)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-((S)-3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
• a twenty-ninth embodiment of the invention is: 1-(2-((R)-6,6-dimethyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-yl)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-((S)-3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
• a thirtieth embodiment of the invention is: (S)- N -((6-(3-Hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-methyl-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
• a thirty-first embodiment of the invention is: (S)- N -((6-(3-Hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-methyl-2-(4-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
• a thirty-second embodiment of the invention is: 1-(2-( Cis -4-fluorocyclohexyl)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxy-3-methylazetidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
• a thirty-third embodiment of the invention is a pharmaceutical composition
• a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound according to any one of the first through thirty-second embodiments, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, or diluents.
• a thirty-fourth embodiment of the invention is a pharmaceutical composition
• a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound according embodiment thirty-three, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, or diluents.
• a thirty-fifth embodiment of the invention is a pharmaceutical composition
• a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound according embodiment thirty-four, wherein the additional pharmaceutical agent(s) is selected from a mucolytic agent, nebulized hypertonic saline, bronchodilator, an antibiotic, an anti-infective agent, a CFTR modulator, and an anti-inflammatory agent or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, or diluents.
• the additional pharmaceutical agent(s) is selected from a mucolytic agent, nebulized hypertonic saline, bronchodilator, an antibiotic, an anti-infective agent, a CFTR modulator, and an anti-inflammatory agent or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, or diluents.
• a thirty-sixth embodiment of the invention is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound according embodiment thirty-four, wherein the additional pharmaceutical agent(s) is selected from a CFTR modulator, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, or diluents.
• a thirty-seventh embodiment of the invention is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound according embodiment thirty-four, wherein the additional pharmaceutical agent(s) is selected from a CFTR corrector, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, or diluents.
• a thirty-eighth embodiment of the invention is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound according embodiment thirty-four, wherein the additional pharmaceutical agent(s) is selected from a CFTR potentiator, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, or diluents.
• a thirty-ninth embodiment of the invention is a pharmaceutical composition
• a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound according embodiment thirty-four, wherein the additional pharmaceutical agents are a CFTR modulator, and a CFTR potentiator, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, or diluents.
• a forthieth embodiment of the invention is a compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof of any one of embodiments 1 to 32 or the pharmaceutical composition of any one of embodiments 33 to 39 for use in a method of treating a CFTR mediated disease in a subject comprising administering it to the subject.
• a forty-first embodiment of the invention comprising the use in a method according to embodiment forty, wherein the CFTR mediated disease is selected from cystic fibrosis, asthma, COPD, emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
• a forty-second embodiment of the invention comprising the use in a method according to embodiment forty or forty-one, wherein the CFTR mediated disease is selected from cystic fibrosis and COPD.
• a forty-third embodiment of the invention comprising the use in a method according to embodiment forty or forty-one, wherein the CFTR mediated disease is cystic fibrosis.
• a forty-fourth embodiment of the invention comprising the use in a method according to embodiment forty , further comprising administering to the subject one or more additional pharmaceutical agent(s) prior to, concurrent with, or subsequent to the compound of any one of embodiments 1 to 32 or the pharmaceutical composition of any one of embodiments 33 to 39.
• a forty-fifth embodiment of the invention comprising the use in a method according to embodiment forty-four, wherein the additional pharmaceutical agent(s) is selected from a mucolytic agent, nebulized hypertonic saline, bronchodilator, an antibiotic, an anti-infective agent, a CFTR modulator, and an anti-inflammatory agent.
• the additional pharmaceutical agent(s) is selected from a mucolytic agent, nebulized hypertonic saline, bronchodilator, an antibiotic, an anti-infective agent, a CFTR modulator, and an anti-inflammatory agent.
• a forty-sixth embodiment of the invention comprising the use in a method according to embodiment forty-four, wherein the additional pharmaceutical agent(s) is selected from a CFTR modulator.
• a forty-seventh embodiment of the invention comprising the use in a method according to embodiment forty-four, wherein the additional pharmaceutical agent(s) is selected from a CFTR potentiator.
• a forty-eighth embodiment of the invention comprising the use in a method according to embodiment forty-four, wherein the additional pharmaceutical agent(s) is selected from a CFTR modulator and a CFTR potentiator.
• a forty-ninth embodiment of the invention comprising a compound of formula (I) for use as a medicament for treating a disease in an animal in which CFTR modulation contributes to the pathology and/or symptomology of a disease.
• a fiftieth embodiment of the invention comprising a compound according to any one of the first through thirty-second embodiments, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in the treatment of a CFTR mediated disease which is selected from cystic fibrosis, asthma, COPD, emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
• a fifty-first embodiment of the invention comprising a compound according to any one of the first through thirty-second embodiments, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in the treatment of a CFTR mediated disease which is selected from cystic fibrosis and COPD.
• a fifty-second embodiment of the invention comprising a compound according to any one of the first through thirty-second embodiments, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in the treatment of a CFTR mediated disease which is cystic fibrosis.
• the present invention relates to the aforementioned uses in methods, wherein said compound is administered parenterally.
• the present invention relates to the aforementioned uses in methods, wherein said compound is administered intramuscularly, intravenously, subcutaneously, orally, pulmonary, intrathecally, topically or intranasally.
• the present invention relates to the aforementioned uses in methods, wherein said compound is administered systemically.
• the present invention relates to the aforementioned uses in methods, wherein said subject is a mammal.
• the present invention relates to the aforementioned uses in methods, wherein said subject is a primate.
• the present invention relates to the aforementioned uses in methods, wherein said subject is a human.
• the compounds and intermediates described herein may be isolated and used as the compound per se. Alternatively, when a moiety is present that is capable of forming a salt, the compound or intermediate may be isolated and used as its corresponding salt.
• the terms “salt” or “salts” refers to an acid addition or base addition salt of a compound of the invention. “Salts” include in particular "pharmaceutical acceptable salts”.
• pharmaceutically acceptable salts refers to salts that retain the biological effectiveness and properties of the compounds of this invention and, which typically are not biologically or otherwise undesirable. In many cases, the compounds of the present invention are capable of forming acid and/or base salts by virtue of the presence of amino and/or carboxyl groups or groups similar thereto.
• Pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts can be formed with inorganic acids and organic acids, e.g., acetate, aspartate, benzoate, besylate, bromide/hydrobromide, bicarbonate/carbonate, bisulfate/sulfate, camphorsulfiomate, chloride/hydrochloride, chlortheophyllonate, citrate, ethandisulfonate, fumarate, gluceptate, gluconate, glucuronate, hippurate, hydroiodide/iodide, isethionate, lactate, lactobionate, laurylsulfate, malate, maleate, malonate, mandelate, mesylate, methylsulphate, naphthoate, napsylate, nicotinate, nitrate, octadecanoate, oleate, oxalate, palmitate, pamoate, phosphate/hydrogen phosphate/dihydr
• Inorganic acids from which salts can be derived include, for example, hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acid, and the like.
• Organic acids from which salts can be derived include, for example, acetic acid, propionic acid, glycolic acid, oxalic acid, maleic acid, malonic acid, succinic acid, fumaric acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, benzoic acid, mandelic acid, methanesulfonic acid, ethanesulfonic acid, toluenesulfonic acid, sulfosalicylic acid, and the like.
• Pharmaceutically acceptable base addition salts can be formed with inorganic and organic bases.
• Inorganic bases from which salts can be derived include, for example, ammonium salts and metals from columns I to XII of the periodic table.
• the salts are derived from sodium, potassium, ammonium, calcium, magnesium, iron, silver, zinc, and copper; particularly suitable salts include ammonium, potassium, sodium, calcium and magnesium salts.
• Organic bases from which salts can be derived include, for example, primary, secondary, and tertiary amines, substituted amines including naturally occurring substituted amines, cyclic amines, basic ion exchange resins, and the like.
• Certain organic amines include isopropylamine, benzathine, cholinate, diethanolamine, diethylamine, lysine, meglumine, piperazine and tromethamine.
• the salts can be synthesized by conventional chemical methods from a compound containing a basic or acidic moiety. Generally, such salts can be prepared by reacting free acid forms of these compounds with a stoichiometric amount of the appropriate base (such as Na, Ca, Mg, or K hydroxide, carbonate, bicarbonate or the like), or by reacting free base forms of these compounds with a stoichiometric amount of the appropriate acid. Such reactions are typically carried out in water or in an organic solvent, or in a mixture of the two. Generally, use of non-aqueous media like ether, ethyl acetate, ethanol, isopropanol, or acetonitrile is desirable, where practicable.
• the appropriate base such as Na, Ca, Mg, or K hydroxide, carbonate, bicarbonate or the like
• Isotopically-labeled compounds of formula (I) can generally be prepared by conventional techniques known to those skilled in the art or by processes analogous to those described in the accompanying Examples and Preparations using an appropriate isotopically-labeled reagents in place of the non-labeled reagent previously employed.
• the compound of the present invention can exist in a deuterated form as shown below:
• solvates in accordance with the invention include those wherein the solvent of crystallization may be isotopically substituted, e.g. D 2 O, de-acetone, d 6 -DMSO.
• the compounds of the present invention may contain chiral centers and as such may exist in different stereoisomeric forms.
• the term "an optical isomer” or "a stereoisomer” refers to any of the various stereo isomeric configurations which may exist for a given compound of the present invention. It is understood that a substituent may be attached at a chiral center of a carbon atom. Therefore, the invention includes enantiomers, diastereomers or racemates of the compound.
• Enantiomers are a pair of stereoisomers that are non- superimposable mirror images of each other. A 1:1 mixture of a pair of enantiomers is a “racemic” mixture. The term is used to designate a racemic mixture where appropriate.
• a single stereoisomer with known relative and absolute configuration of the two chiral centers is designated using the conventional RS system (e.g., (1S,2S)); a single stereoisomer with known relative configuration but unknown absolute configuration is designated with stars (e.g., (1R*,2R*)); and a racemate with two letters (e.g, (1RS,2RS) as a racemic mixture of (1R,2R) and (1S,2S); (1RS,2SR) as a racemic mixture of (1R,2S) and (1S,2R)).
• the conventional RS system e.g., (1S,2S
• stars e.g., (1R*,2R*
• a racemate with two letters e.g, (1RS,2RS
• (1RS,2SR as a racemic mixture of (1R,2S) and (1S,2R
• Diastereoisomers are stereoisomers that have at least two asymmetric atoms, but which are not mirror-images of each other.
• the absolute stereochemistry is specified according to the Cahn- Ingold- Prelog R-S system.
• the stereochemistry at each chiral carbon may be specified by either R or S.
• Resolved compounds whose absolute configuration is unknown can be designated (+) or (-) depending on the direction (dextro- or levorotatory) which they rotate plane polarized light at the wavelength of the sodium D line.
• the resolved compounds can be defined by the respective retention times for the corresponding enantiomers/diastereomers via chiral HPLC.
• Certain of the compounds described herein contain one or more asymmetric centers or axes and may thus give rise to enantiomers, diastereomers, and other stereoisomeric forms that may be defined, in terms of absolute stereochemistry, as ( R )- or ( S )-.
• Optically active ( R )- and ( S )- stereoisomers may be prepared using chiral synthons or chiral reagents, or resolved using conventional techniques (e.g., separated on chiral SFC or HPLC chromatography columns, such as CHIRALPAK ® and CHIRALCEL ® available from DAICEL Corp. using the appropriate solvent or mixture of solvents to achieve good separation). If the compound contains a double bond, the substituent may be E or Z configuration. If the compound contains a disubstituted cycloalkyl, the cycloalkyl substituent may have a cis- or trans-configuration. All tautomeric forms are also intended to be included.
• Compounds of the present invention have been found to modulate CFTR activity and may be beneficial for the treatment of cystic fibrosis and additional diseases not directly caused by mutations in CFTR, such as secretory diseases and other protein folding diseases mediated by CFTR. These include, but are not limited to, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), dry eye disease, and Sjogren's Syndrome.
• COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• dry eye disease dry eye disease
• Sjogren's Syndrome Sjogren's Syndrome
• COPD is characterized by airflow limitation that is progressive and not fully reversible.
• the airflow limitation is due to mucus hypersecretion, emphysema, and bronchiolitis.
• Activators of mutant or wild-type CFTR offer a potential treatment of mucus hypersecretion and impaired mucociliary clearance that is common in COPD.
• increasing anion secretion across CFTR may facilitate fluid transport into the airway surface liquid to hydrate the mucus and optimized periciliary fluid viscosity. This would lead to enhanced mucociliary clearance and a reduction in the symptoms associated with COPD.
• Dry eye disease is characterized by a decrease in tear aqueous production and abnormal tear film lipid, protein and mucin profiles.
• causes of dry eye some of which include age, Lasik eye surgery, arthritis, medications, chemical/thermal burns, allergies, and diseases, such as cystic fibrosis and Sjogrens's syndrome.
• Increasing anion secretion via CFTR would enhance fluid transport from the corneal endothelial cells and secretory glands surrounding the eye to increase corneal hydration. This would help to alleviate the symptoms associated with dry eye disease.
• Sjogrens's syndrome is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks moisture-producing glands throughout the body, including the eye, mouth, skin, respiratory tissue, liver, vagina, and gut. Symptoms, include, dry eye, mouth, and vagina, as well as lung disease. The disease is also associated with rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus, systemic sclerosis, and polymypositis/dermatomyositis. Defective protein trafficking is believed to cause the disease, for which treatment options are limited. Augmenters or inducers of CFTR activity may hydrate the various organs afflicted by the disease and help to elevate the associated symptoms.
• Another aspect of the invention provides a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in a method for treating or lessening the severity of a disease, disorder, or condition associated with the modulation of CFTR in a subject.
• the present invention provides a composition comprising a compound of formula (I) for use in a method of treating a condition, disease, or disorder implicated by a deficiency of the CFTR activity in a subject, preferably a mammal, in need of treatment thereof.
• the present invention provides a use in a method of treating diseases associated with reduced CFTR function due to mutations in the gene encoding CFTR or environmental factors (e.g., smoke).
• diseases include, cystic fibrosis, chronic bronchitis, recurrent bronchitis, acute bronchitis, male infertility caused by congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens (CBAVD), female infertility caused by congenital absence of the uterus and vagina (CAUV), idiopathic chronic pancreatitis (ICP), idiopathic recurrent pancreatitis, idiopathic acute pancreatitis, chronic rhinosinusitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, diabetes, dry eye, constipation, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA), bone diseases (e.g., osteoporosis), and asthma.
• cystic fibrosis include, chronic
• the present invention provides a use in a method for treating diseases associated with normal CFTR function.
• diseases include, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic bronchitis or dyspnea associated therewith, recurrent bronchitis, acute bronchitis, rhinosinusitis, constipation, pancreatitis including chronic pancreatitis, recurrent pancreatitis, and acute pancreatitis, pancreatic insufficiency, male infertility caused by congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens (CBAVD), mild pulmonary disease, idiopathic pancreatitis, liver disease, emphysema, hereditary emphysema, gallstones, gastro-esophageal reflux disease, gastrointestinal malignancies, inflammatory bowel disease, constipation, diabetes, arthritis, osteoporosis, and osteopenia.
• COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• the present invention provides a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in a method of treating cystic fibrosis comprising the step of administering it to a mammal.
• an "effective dose” or an “effective amount” of the compound or pharmaceutical composition is that amount effective for treating or lessening the severity of one or more of the diseases, disorders or conditions as recited above.
• the compounds and compositions, according to the present invention may be administered using any amount and any route of administration effective for treating or lessening the severity of one or more of the diseases, disorders or conditions recited above.
• the compounds of the present invention are typically used as a pharmaceutical composition (e.g., a compound of the present invention and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier).
• pharmaceutically acceptable carrier includes generally recognized as safe (GRAS) solvents, dispersion media, surfactants, antioxidants, preservatives (e.g., antibacterial agents, antifungal agents), isotonic agents, salts, preservatives, drug stabilizers, buffering agents (e.g., maleic acid, tartaric acid, lactic acid, citric acid, acetic acid, sodium bicarbonate, sodium phosphate, and the like), and the like and combinations thereof, as would be known to those skilled in the art (see, for example, Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, 18th Ed.
• solvates and hydrates are considered pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of the present invention and a solvent (i.e., solvate) or water (i.e., hydrate).
• the formulations may be prepared using conventional dissolution and mixing procedures.
• the bulk drug substance i.e., compound of the present invention or stabilized form of the compound (e.g., complex with a cyclodextrin derivative or other known complexation agent)
• a suitable solvent in the presence of one or more of the excipients described above.
• the compound of the present invention is typically formulated into pharmaceutical dosage forms to provide an easily controllable dosage of the drug and to give the patient an elegant and easily handleable product.
• the pharmaceutical composition (or formulation) for application may be packaged in a variety of ways depending upon the method used for administering the drug.
• an article for distribution includes a container having deposited therein the pharmaceutical formulation in an appropriate form.
• Suitable containers are well-known to those skilled in the art and include materials such as bottles (plastic and glass), sachets, ampoules, plastic bags, metal cylinders, and the like.
• the container may also include a tamper-proof assemblage to prevent indiscreet access to the contents of the package.
• the container has deposited thereon a label that describes the contents of the container. The label may also include appropriate warnings.
• composition comprising a compound of the present invention is generally formulated for use as a parenteral or oral administration.
• the pharmaceutical oral compositions of the present invention can be made up in a solid form (including without limitation capsules, tablets, pills, granules, powders or suppositories), or in a liquid form (including without limitation solutions, suspensions or emulsions).
• the pharmaceutical compositions can be subjected to conventional pharmaceutical operations such as sterilization and/or can contain conventional inert diluents, lubricating agents, or buffering agents, as well as adjuvants, such as preservatives, stabilizers, wetting agents, emulsifiers and buffers, etc.
• the pharmaceutical compositions are tablets or gelatin capsules comprising the active ingredient together with
• Tablets may be either film coated or enteric coated according to methods known in the art.
• compositions for oral administration include a compound of the invention in the form of tablets, lozenges, aqueous or oily suspensions, dispersible powders or granules, emulsion, hard or soft capsules, or syrups or elixirs.
• Compositions intended for oral use are prepared according to any method known in the art for the manufacture of pharmaceutical compositions and such compositions can contain one or more agents selected from the group consisting of sweetening agents, flavoring agents, coloring agents and preserving agents in order to provide pharmaceutically elegant and palatable preparations. Tablets may contain the active ingredient in admixture with nontoxic pharmaceutically acceptable excipients which are suitable for the manufacture of tablets.
• excipients are, for example, inert diluents, such as calcium carbonate, sodium carbonate, lactose, calcium phosphate or sodium phosphate; granulating and disintegrating agents, for example, com starch, or alginic acid; binding agents, for example, starch, gelatin or acacia; and lubricating agents, for example magnesium stearate, stearic acid or talc.
• the tablets are uncoated or coated by known techniques to delay disintegration and absorption in the gastrointestinal tract and thereby provide a sustained action over a longer period.
• a time delay material such as glyceryl monostearate or glyceryl distearate can be employed.
• Formulations for oral use can be presented as hard gelatin capsules wherein the active ingredient is mixed with an inert solid diluent, for example, calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate or kaolin, or as soft gelatin capsules wherein the active ingredient is mixed with water or an oil medium, for example, peanut oil, liquid paraffin or olive oil.
• an inert solid diluent for example, calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate or kaolin
• water or an oil medium for example, peanut oil, liquid paraffin or olive oil.
• the parenteral compositions are aqueous isotonic solutions or suspensions.
• the parenteral compositions may be sterilized and/or contain adjuvants, such as preserving, stabilizing, wetting or emulsifying agents, solution promoters, salts for regulating the osmotic pressure and/or buffers. In addition, they may also contain other therapeutically valuable substances.
• the compositions are generally prepared according to conventional mixing, granulating or coating methods, respectively, and contain about 0.1-75%, or contain about 1-50%, of the active ingredient.
• the compound of the present invention or pharmaceutical composition thereof for use in a subject is typically administered orally or parenterally at a therapeutic dose of less than or equal to about 100 mg/kg, 75 mg/kg, 50 mg/kg, 25 mg/kg, 10 mg/kg, 7.5 mg/kg, 5.0 mg/kg, 3.0 mg/kg, 1.0 mg/kg, 0.5 mg/kg, 0.05 mg/kg or 0.01 mg/kg, but preferably not less than about 0.0001 mg/kg.
• the dosage may depend upon the infusion rate at which an iv formulation is administered.
• the therapeutically effective dosage of a compound, the pharmaceutical composition, or the combinations thereof is dependent on the species of the subject, the body weight, age and individual condition, the disorder or disease or the severity thereof being treated.
• a physician, pharmacist, clinician or veterinarian of ordinary skill can readily determine the effective amount of each of the active ingredients necessary to prevent, treat or inhibit the progress of the disorder or disease.
• the above-cited dosage properties are demonstrable in vitro and in vivo tests using advantageously mammals, e.g., mice, rats, dogs, monkeys or isolated organs, tissues and preparations thereof.
• the compounds of the present invention can be applied in vitro in the form of solutions, e.g., aqueous solutions, and in vivo either enterally, parenterally, advantageously intravenously, e.g., as a suspension or in aqueous solution.
• the dosage in vitro may range between about 10 -3 molar and 10 -9 molar concentrations.
• a therapeutic agent is, for example, a chemical compound, peptide, antibody, antibody fragment or nucleic acid, which is therapeutically active or enhances the therapeutic activity when administered to a patient in combination with a compound of the invention.
• the invention provides a product comprising a compound of formula (I) and at least one other therapeutic agent as a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in therapy.
• the therapy is the treatment of a disease or condition mediated by CFTR.
• Products provided as a combined preparation include a composition comprising the compound of formula (I) and the other therapeutic agent(s) together in the same pharmaceutical composition, or the compound of formula (I) and the other therapeutic agent(s) in separate form, e.g. in the form of a kit.
• the invention provides a pharmaceutical composition
• a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of formula (I) and another therapeutic agent(s).
• the pharmaceutical composition may comprise a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, as described above.
• the invention provides a kit comprising two or more separate pharmaceutical compositions, at least one of which contains a compound of formula (I).
• the kit comprises means for separately retaining said compositions, such as a container, divided bottle, or divided foil packet.
• a container, divided bottle, or divided foil packet An example of such a kit is a blister pack, as typically used for the packaging of tablets, capsules and the like.
• the kit of the invention may be used for administering different dosage forms, for example, oral and parenteral, for administering the separate compositions at different dosage intervals, or for titrating the separate compositions against one another.
• the kit of the invention typically comprises directions for administration.
• the compound of the invention and the other therapeutic agent may be manufactured and/or formulated by the same or different manufacturers. Moreover, the compound of the invention and the other therapeutic may be brought together into a combination therapy: (i) prior to release of the combination product to physicians (e.g. in the case of a kit comprising the compound of the invention and the other therapeutic agent); (ii) by the physician themselves (or under the guidance of the physician) shortly before administration; (iii) in the patient themselves, e.g. during sequential administration of the compound of the invention and the other therapeutic agent.
• the invention provides the use of a compound of formula (I) for treating a disease or condition mediated by CFTR, wherein the medicament is prepared for administration with another therapeutic agent.
• the invention also provides the use of another therapeutic agent for treating a disease or condition mediated by CFTR, wherein the medicament is administered with a compound of formula (I).
• the invention also provides a compound of formula (I) for use in a method of treating a disease or condition mediated by CFTR, wherein the compound of formula (I) is prepared for administration with another therapeutic agent.
• the invention also provides another therapeutic agent for use in a method of treating a disease or condition mediated by CFTR, wherein the other therapeutic agent is prepared for administration with a compound of formula (I).
• the invention also provides a compound of formula (I) for use in a method of treating a disease or condition mediated by CFTR, wherein the compound of formula (I) is administered with another therapeutic agent.
• the invention also provides another therapeutic agent for use in a method of treating a disease or condition mediated by CFTR, wherein the other therapeutic agent is administered with a compound of formula (I).
• the invention also provides the use of a compound of formula (I) for treating a disease or condition mediated by CFTR, wherein the patient has previously (e.g. within 24 hours) been treated with another therapeutic agent.
• the invention also provides the use of another therapeutic agent for treating a disease or condition mediated by CFTR, wherein the patient has previously ( e.g. within 24 hours) been treated with a compound of formula (I).
• the other therapeutic agent is selected from osmotic agents, ion channel modulating agents, mucolytic agents, bronchodilators, antihistamines, antibiotics, anti-inflammatory agents and CFTR modulators.
• the other therapeutic agent is an osmotic agent, for example, nebulized hypertonic saline, dextran, mannitol or Xylitol.
• the other therapeutic agent is a mucolytic agent, for example, Pulmozyme TM .
• the other therapeutic agent is a bronchodilator, for example, albuterol, metaprotenerol sulfate, pirbuterol acetate, salmeterol, indacaterol or tetrabuline sulfate; suitable bronchodilatory agents also include anticholinergic and antimuscarinic agents, in particular, ipratropium bromide, oxitropium bromide, glycopyrronium saltsor tiotropium salts.
• bronchodilator for example, albuterol, metaprotenerol sulfate, pirbuterol acetate, salmeterol, indacaterol or tetrabuline sulfate
• suitable bronchodilatory agents also include anticholinergic and antimuscarinic agents, in particular, ipratropium bromide, oxitropium bromide, glycopyrronium saltsor tiotropium salts.
• the other therapeutic agent is an antihistamine, for example, cetirizine hydrochloride, clemastine fumarate, promethazine, loratidine, desloratidine, diphenhydramine fexofenadine hydrochloride, activastine, astemizole, azelastine, ebastine, epinastine, mizolastine or tefenadine
• an antihistamine for example, cetirizine hydrochloride, clemastine fumarate, promethazine, loratidine, desloratidine, diphenhydramine fexofenadine hydrochloride, activastine, astemizole, azelastine, ebastine, epinastine, mizolastine or tefenadine
• the other therapeutic agent is an antibiotic, for example tobramycin, including tobramycin inhaled powder, azithromycin, cayston, aztreonam, including the aerosolized for of aztreonam, amikacin, including liposomal formulations thereof, ciprofloxacin, including formulations thereof suitable of administration by inhalation, levofloxacin, including aerosolized formulations thereof and combinations of two antibiotics, for example, fosfomycin and tobramycin.
• an antibiotic for example tobramycin, including tobramycin inhaled powder, azithromycin, cayston, aztreonam, including the aerosolized for of aztreonam, amikacin, including liposomal formulations thereof, ciprofloxacin, including formulations thereof suitable of administration by inhalation, levofloxacin, including aerosolized formulations thereof and combinations of two antibiotics, for example, fosfomycin and tobramycin.
• the other therapeutic agent is an anti-inflammatory agent, for example ibuprofen, docosahexanoic acid, sildenafil, inhaled glutathione, pioglitazone, hydroxychloroquine or simavastatin; a steroid, for example, glucocorticosteroids, such as budesonide, beclamethasone dipropionate, fluticasone propionate, ciclesonide or mometasone furoate; an LTD4 antagonist, such as montelukast or zafiriukast; a PDE4 inhibitor, such as Enprofylline, Theophylline, Roflumilaste, Ariflo (Cilomilaste), Tofimilaste, Pumafentrine, Lirimilaste, Apremilaste, Arofylline, Atizorame, Oglemilastum, or Tetomilaste.
• an anti-inflammatory agent for example ibuprofen, docos
• the other therapeutic agent is a CFTR modulator.
• the other therapeutic agent is a CFTR potentiator.
• the other therapeutic agent is a CFTR corrector.
• Exemplary CFTR modulators include N -(2-(5-chloro-2-methoxy-phenylamino)-4'-methyl-[4, 5']bithiazolyl-2'-yl-benzamide (Corr-4a), N- (2,4-di-tert-butyl-5-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide (Ivacaftor), 3-[6-( ⁇ [1-(2,2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)cyclopropyl]carbonyl ⁇ amino)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl]benzoic acid (Lumacaftor), 1-(2,2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-5
• a product comprising a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a CFTR modulator as a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in therapy.
• a product comprising a compound of formula (I) and a CFTR potentiator as a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in therapy.
• a product comprising a compound of formula (I), a CFTR potentiator and a CFTR corrector as a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in therapy.
• a product comprising a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and (S)-3-amino-6-methoxy- N -(3,3,3-trifluoro-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)picolinamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in therapy.
• a product comprising (S)- N -((6-(3-Hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-methyl-2-(4-(trifluoro methyl)pyridin-2-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and (S)-3-amino-6-methoxy- N -(3,3,3-trifluoro-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)picolinamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in therapy.
• a product comprising (S)- N -((6-(3-Hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-methyl-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and (S)-3-amino-6-methoxy- N -(3,3,3-trifluoro-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)picolinamide as a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in therapy.
• a product comprising 1-(2-((S)-6,6-dimethyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-yl)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((8-((S)-3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and (S)-3-amino-6-methoxy- N -(3,3,3-trifluoro-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)picolinamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in therapy.
• a product comprising 1-(2-((R)-6,6-dimethyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-yl)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-((S)-3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and (S)-3-amino-6-methoxy- N -(3,3,3-trifluoro-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)picolinamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in therapy.
• a product comprising a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and N -(2,4-di-tert-butyl-5-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in therapy.
• a product comprising (S)- N -((6-(3-Hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-methyl-2-(4-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and N -(2,4-di-tert-butyl-5-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in therapy.
• a product comprising (S)- N -((6-(3-Hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-methyl-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and N -(2,4-di-tert-butyl-5-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide as a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in therapy.
• a product comprising 1-(2-((S)-6,6-dimethyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-yl)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-((S)-3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and N -(2,4-di-tert-butyl-5-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in therapy.
• a product comprising 1-(2-((R)-6,6-dimethyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-yl)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-((S)-3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and N -(2,4-di-tert-butyl-5-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in therapy.
• a product comprising a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, N -(2,4-di-tert-butyl-5-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and 3-[6-( ⁇ [1-(2,2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)cyclopropyl]carbonyl ⁇ amino)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl]benzoic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in therapy.
• a product comprising (S)- N -((6-(3-Hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-methyl-2-(4-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, N- (2,4-di-tert-butyl-5-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and 3-[6-( ⁇ [1-(2,2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)cyclopropyl]carbonyl ⁇ amino)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl]benzoic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in therapy.
• a product comprising (S)- N -((6-(3-Hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-methyl-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, N- (2,4-di-tert-butyl-5-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and 3-[8-( ⁇ [1-(2,2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)cyclopropyl]carbonyl ⁇ amino)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl]benzoic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in therapy.
• a product comprising 1-(2-((S)-6,6-dimethyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-yl)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-((S)-3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, N -(2,4-di-tert-butyl-5-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and 3-[6-( ⁇ [1-(2,2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)cyclopropyl]carbonyl ⁇ amino)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl]benzoic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in therapy.
• a product comprising 1-(2-((R)-6,6-dimethyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-yl)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-((S)-3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, N -(2,4-di-tert-butyl-5-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and 3-[8-( ⁇ [1-(2,2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)cyclopropyl]carbonyl ⁇ amino)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl]benzoic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in therapy.
• a product comprising a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, N -(2,4-di-tert-butyl-5-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and 1-(2,2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)- N -[1-[(2R)-2,3-dihydroxypropyl]-6-fluoro-2-(2-hydroxy-1,1- dimethylethyl)-1H-indol-5-yl]-cyclopropanecarboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in therapy.
• a product comprising (S)- N -((6-(3-Hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-methyl-2-(4-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, N- (2,4-di-tert-butyl-5-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and 1-(2,2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)- N -[1-[(2R)-2,3-dihydroxypropyl]-8-fluoro-2-(2-hydroxy-1,1-dimethylethyl)-1H-indol-5-yl]-cyclopropanecarboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as
• a product comprising (S)- N -((6-(3-Hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-methyl-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, N- (2,4-di-tert-butyl-5-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and 1-(2,2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)- N -[1-[(2R)-2,3-dihydroxypropyl]-6-fluoro-2-(2-hydroxy-1,1-dimethylethyl)-1H-indol-5-yl]-cyclopropanecarboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as a combined preparation
• a product comprising 1-(2-((S)-6,6-dimethyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-yl)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-((S)-3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and 1-(2,2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)- N -[1-[(2R)-2,3-dihydroxypropyl]-6-fluoro-2-(2-hydroxy-1,1-dimethylethyl)-1H-indol-5-yl]-cyclopropanecarboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in therapy.
• a product comprising 1-(2-((R)-6,6-dimethyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-yl)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-((S)-3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyndin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, N -(2,4-di-tert-butyl-5-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and 1-(2,2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)- N -[1-[(2R)-2,3-dihydroxypropyl]-6-fluoro-2-(2-hydroxy-1,1-dimethylethyl)-1H-indol-5-yl]-cyclopropanecarboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable
• a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a CFTR modulator and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
• a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of formula (I), a CFTR potentiator and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
• a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of formula (I) a CFTR corrector and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
• a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, (S)-3-amino-6-methoxy- N -(3,3,3-trifluoro-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)picolinamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
• a pharmaceutical composition comprising (S)- N -((8-(3-Hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-methyl-2-(4-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, (S)-3-amino-6-methoxy- N -(3,3,3-trifluoro-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)picolinamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
• a pharmaceutical composition comprising (S)- N -((6-(3-Hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-methyl-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, (S)-3-amino-6-methoxy- N -(3,3,3-trifluoro-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)picolinamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
• a pharmaceutical composition comprising 1-(2-((S)-6,6-dimethyttetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-yl)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-((S)-3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, (S)-3-amino-6-methoxy- N -(3,3,3-trifluoro-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)picolinamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
• a pharmaceutical composition comprising 1-(2-((R)-6,6-dimethyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-yl)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-((S)-3-hydraxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, (S)-3-amino-6-methoxy- N -(3,3,3-trifluoro-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)picolinamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
• a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, N -(2,4-di-tert-butyl-5-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
• a pharmaceutical composition comprising (S)- N -((6-(3-Hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-methyl-2-(4-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, N- (2,4-di-tert-butyl-5-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
• a pharmaceutical composition comprising (S)- N -((6-(3-Hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-methyl-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, N- (2,4-di-tert-butyl-5-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
• a pharmaceutical composition comprising 1-(2-((S)-6,6-dimethyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-yl)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-((S)-3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, N -(2,4-di-tert-butyl-5-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
• a pharmaceutical composition comprising 1-(2-((R)-6,6-dimethyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-yl)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-((S)-3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, N -(2,4-di-tert-butyl-5-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
• a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, N -(2,4-di-tert-butyl-5-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, 3-[6-( ⁇ [1-(2,2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)cyclopropyl]carbonyl ⁇ amino)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl]benzoic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
• a pharmaceutical composition comprising (S)- N -((6-(3-Hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-methyl-2-(4-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, N- (2,4-di-tert-butyl-5-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, 3-[6-( ⁇ [1-(2,2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)cyclopropyl]carbonyl ⁇ amino)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl]benzoic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
• a pharmaceutical composition comprising (S)- N -((6-(3-Hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-methyl-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1 -carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, N-(2,4-di-tert-butyl-5-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, 3-[6-( ⁇ [1-(2,2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)cyclopropyl]carbonyl ⁇ amino)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl]benzoic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
• a pharmaceutical composition comprising 1-(2-((S)-6,6-dimethyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-yl)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-((S)-3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, N -(2,4-di-tert-butyl-5-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, 3-[6-( ⁇ [1-(2,2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)cyclopropyl]carbonyl ⁇ amino)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl]benzoic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
• a pharmaceutical composition comprising 1-(2-((R)-6,6-dimethyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-yl)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-((S)-3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, N -(2,4-di-tert-butyl-5-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, 3-[6-( ⁇ [1-(2,2-difluoro-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)cyclopropyl]carbonyl ⁇ amino)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl]benzoic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
• kits that include one or more compound of the present invention and a combination partner as disclosed herein are provided.
• Representative kits include (a) a compound of the present invention or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, (b) at least one combination partner, e.g., as indicated above, whereby such kit may comprise a package insert or other labeling including directions for administration.
• the compound of the present invention and the other therapeutic agent may be manufactured and/or formulated by the same or different manufacturers. Moreover, the compound of the present invention and the other therapeutic (or pharmaceutical agent) may be brought together into a combination therapy: (i) prior to release of the combination product to physicians (e.g. in the case of a kit comprising the compound of the invention and the other therapeutic agent); (ii) by the physician themselves (or under the guidance of the physician) shortly before administration; (iii) in the patient themselves, e.g. during sequential administration of the compound of the invention and the other therapeutic agent.
• CTR cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
• mutants can refer to mutations in the CFTR gene or the CFTR protein.
• a “CFTR mutation” refers to a mutation in the CFTR gene, and a “CFTR mutation” refers to a mutation in the CFTR protein.
• a "F508del mutation” or “F508del” is a specific mutation within the CFTR protein.
• the mutation is a deletion of the three nucleotides that comprise the codon for amino acid phenylalanine at position 508, resulting in CFTR protein that lacks this phenylalanine residue.
• CFTR gating mutation means a CFTR mutation that results in the production of a CFTR protein for which the predominant defect is a low channel open probability compared to normal CFTR ( Van Goor, F., Hadida S. and Grootenhuis P., "Pharmacological Rescue of Mutant CFTR function for the Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis", Top. Med. Chem. 3: 91-120 (2008 )).
• Gating mutations include, but are not limited to, G551D, G178R, S549N, S549R, G551S, G970R, G1244E, S1251N, S1255P, and G1349D.
• a patient who is ""homozygous" for a particular mutation e.g. F508del, has the same mutation on each allele.
• a patient who is "heterozygous" for a particular mutation e.g. F508del, has this mutation on one allele, and a different mutation on the other allele.
• a modulator refers to a compound that increases the activity of a biological compound such as a protein.
• a CFTR modulator is a compound that increases the activity of CFTR.
• the increase in activity resulting from a CFTR modulator may be through a corrector mechanism or a potentiator mechanism as described below.
• CFTR corrector refers to a compound that increases the amount of functional CFTR protein at the cell surface, resulting in enhanced ion transport.
• CFTR potentiator refers to a compound that increases the channel activity of CFTR protein located at the cell surface, resulting in enhanced ion transport.
• modulating means increasing or decreasing by a measurable amount.
• inducing refers to increasing CFTR activity, whether by the corrector, potentiator, or other mechanism.
• asthma includes both intrinsic (non-allergic) asthma and extrinsic (allergic) asthma, mild asthma, moderate asthma, severe asthma, bronchitic asthma, exercise-induced asthma, occupational asthma and asthma induced following bacterial infection.
• Treatment of asthma is also to be understood as embracing treatment of subjects, e.g., of less than 4 or 5 years of age, exhibiting wheezing symptoms and diagnosed or diagnosable as "whez infants", an established patient category of major medical concern and now often identified as incipient or early-phase asthmatics.
• Prophylactic efficacy in the treatment of asthma will be evidenced by reduced frequency or severity of symptomatic attack, e.g., of acute asthmatic or bronchoconstrictor attack, improvement in lung function or improved airways hyperreactivity. It may further be evidenced by reduced requirement for other, symptomatic therapy, i.e., therapy for or intended to restrict or abort symptomatic attack when it occurs, e.g., anti-inflammatory (e.g., cortico-steroid) or bronchodilatory. Prophylactic benefit in asthma may, in particular, be apparent in subjects prone to "moming dipping".
• “Morning dipping” is a recognized asthmatic syndrome, common to a substantial percentage of asthmatics and characterized by asthma attack, e.g., between the hours of about 4-6 am, i.e., at a time normally substantially distant from any previously administered symptomatic asthma therapy.
• a "patient,” “subject” or “individual” are used interchangeably and refer to either a human or non-human animal.
• the term includes mammals such as humans. Typically the animal is a mammal.
• a subject also refers to for example, primates ( e.g., humans, male or female), cows, sheep, goats, horses, dogs, cats, rabbits, rats, mice, fish, birds and the like.
• the subject is a primate.
• the subject is a human.
• the term “inhibit”, “inhibition” or “inhibiting” refers to the reduction or suppression of a given condition, symptom, or disorder, or disease, or a significant decrease in the baseline activity of a biological activity or process.
• the term “treat”, “treating” or “treatment” of any disease or disorder refers to the management and care of a patient for the purpose of combating the disease, condition, or disorder and includes the administration of a compound of the present invention to prevent the onset of the symptoms or complications, alleviating the symptoms or complications, or eliminating the disease, condition or disorder.
• treatment generally mean the improvement of CF or its symptoms or lessening the severity of CF or its symptoms in a subject.
• Treatment includes, but is not limited to, the following: (i) to ameliorating the disease or disorder (i.e., slowing or arresting or reducing the development of the disease or at least one of the clinical symptoms thereof; (ii) to alleviating or ameliorating at least one physical parameter including those which may not be discernible by the patient; or (iii) to preventing or delaying the onset or development or progression of the disease or disorder, (iiii) increased growth of the subject, increased weight gain, reduction of mucus in the lungs, improved pancreatic and/or liver function, reduced cases of chest infections, and/or reduced instances of coughing or shortness of breath. Improvements in or lessening the severity of any of these conditions can be readily assessed according to standard methods and techniques known in the art.
• a subject is "in need of” a treatment if such subject would benefit biologically, medically or in quality of life from such treatment (preferably, a human).
• co-administer refers to the presence of two active agents in the blood of an individual. Active agents that are co-administered can be concurrently or sequentially delivered.
• composition therapy or “in combination with” or “pharmaceutical combination” refers to the administration of two or more therapeutic agents to treat a therapeutic condition or disorder described in the present disclosure.
• administration encompasses co-administration of these therapeutic agents in a substantially simultaneous manner, such as in a single capsule having a fixed ratio of active ingredients.
• administration encompasses co-administration in multiple, or in separate containers (e.g., capsules, powders, and liquids) for each active ingredient. Powders and/or liquids may be reconstituted or diluted to a desired dose prior to administration.
• such administration also encompasses use of each type of therapeutic agent being administered prior to, concurrent with, or sequentially to each other with no specific time limits. In each case, the treatment regimen will provide beneficial effects of the drug combination in treating the conditions or disorders described herein.
• an optionally substituted group can have a substituent at each substitutable position of the group, and when more than one position in any given structure can be substituted with more than one substituent selected from a specified group, the substituent can be either the same or different at every position.
• C 1-6 alkyl refers to a fully saturated branched or unbranched hydrocarbon moiety having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
• the terms “C 1-6 alkyl”, “C 1-4 alkyl” and “C 1-2 alkyl” are to be construed accordingly.
• Representative examples of C 1-6 alkyl include, but are not limited to, methyl, ethyl, n -propyl, iso -propyl, n -butyl, sec -butyl, iso -butyl, tert -butyl, n- pentyl, isopentyl, neopentyl and n -hexyl.
• alkyl portion i.e., alkyl moiety
• alkoxy have the same definition as above.
• alkane radical or alkyl moiety may be unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents (generally, one to three substituents except in the case of halogen substituents such as perchloro or perfluoroalkyls).
• Halo-substituted alkyl refers to an alkyl group having at least one halogen substitution.
• C 1-4 alkenyl refers to a divalent alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and two open valences to attach to other molecular components.
• the two molecular components attached to an alkylene can be on the same carbon atom or on different carbon atoms; thus for example propylene is a 3-carbon alkylene that can be 1,1-disubstituted, 1,2-disubstituted or 1,3-disubstituted.
• alkylene refers to moieties having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
• alkylene examples include, but are not limited to, methylene, ethylene, n -propylene, iso -propylene, n -butylene, sec -butylene, iso -butylene or tert -butylene.
• a substituted alkylene is an alkylene group containing one or more, such as one, two or three substituents; unless otherwise specified, suitable and preferred substituents are selected from the substituents described as suitable and preferred for alkyl groups.
• C 1-4 alkoxy refers to an alkyl moiety attached through an oxygen bridge (i.e. a -O-C 1-4 alkyl group wherein C 1-4 alkyl is as defined herein).
• Representative examples of alkoxy include, but are not limited to, methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, 2-propoxy, butoxy, tert -butoxy and the like.
• alkoxy groups have about 1-4 carbons, more preferably about 1-2 carbons.
• C 1-2 alkoxy is to be construed accordingly.
• perdeuterated morpholinyl refers to Morpholine-2,2,3,3,5,5,6,8- d 8.
• C 1-2 alkylene refers to the bivalent radical derived from alkyl.
• Halogen or “halo” may be fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine (preferred halogens as substituents are fluorine and chlorine).
• halo-substituted-C 1-4 alkyl or "halo-C 1-4 alkyl” refers to a C 1-4 alkyl group as defined herein, wherein at least one of the hydrogen atoms is replaced by a halo atom.
• the halo-C 1-4 alkyl group can be monohalo-C 1-4 alkyl, dihalo-C 1-4 alkyl or polyhalo-C 1-4 alkyl including perhalo-C 1-4 alkyl.
• a monohalo-C 1-4 alkyl can have one iodo, bromo, chloro or fluoro within the alkyl group.
• Dihalo-C 1-4 alkyl and polyhalo-C 1-4 alkyl groups can have two or more of the same halo atoms or a combination of different halo groups within the alkyl.
• the polyhalo-C 1-4 alkyl group contains up to 9, or 8, or 7, or 6, or 5, or 4, or 3, or 2 halo groups.
• Non-limiting examples of halo-C 1-4 alkyl include fluoromethyl, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, chloromethyl, dichloromethyl, trichloromethyl, pentafluoroethyl, heptafluoropropyl, difluorochloromethyl, dichlorofluoromethyl, difluoroethyl, difluoropropyl, dichloroethyl and dichloropropyl.
• a perhalo-C 1-4 alkyl group refers to a C 1-4 alkyl group having all hydrogen atoms replaced with halo atoms.
• halo-substituted-C 1-4 alkoxy or "halo-C 1-4 alkoxy” refers to C 1-4 alkoxy group as defined herein above wherein at least one of the hydrogen atoms is replaced by a halo atom.
• Non-limiting examples of halo-substituted-C 1-4 alkoxy include fluoromethoxy, difluoromethoxy, trifluoromethoxy, chloromethoxy, dichloromethoxy, trichloromethoxy, difluorochloromethoxy, dichlorofluoromethoxy, difluoroethoxy, difluoropropoxy, dichloroethoxy and dichloropropoxy and the like.
• hydroxy-substituted-C 1-4 alkyl refers to a C 1-4 alkyl group as defined herein, wherein at least one of the hydrogen atoms is replaced by a hydroxyl group.
• the hydroxy-substituted-C 1-4 alkyl group can be monohydroxy-C 1-4 alkyl, dihydroxy-C 1-4 alkyl or polyhydroxy-C 1-4 alkyl including perhydroxy-C 1-4 alkyl.
• a monohydroxy-C 1-4 alkyl can have one hydroxyl group within the alkyl group.
• Dihydroxy-C 1-4 alkyl and polyhydroxy-C 1-4 alkyl groups can have two or more of the same hydroxyl groups or a combination of different hydroxyl groups within the alkyl.
• the polyhydroxy-C 1-4 alkyl group contains up to 9, or 8, or 7, or 8, or 5, or 4, or 3, or 2 hydroxy groups.
• Non-limiting examples of hydroxy substituted -C 1-4 alkyl include hydroxy-methyl, dihydroxy-methyl, pentahydroxy-ethyl, dihydroxyethyl, and dihydroxypropyl.
• a perhydroxy-C 1-4 alkyl group refers to a C 1-4 alkyl group having all hydrogen atoms replaced with hydroxy atoms.
• oxo refers to an oxygen atom connected to a carbon or sulfur atom by a double bond.
• examples include carbonyl, sulfinyl, or sulfonyl groups (-C(O)-, -S(O)- or-S(O) 2 -) such as, a ketone, aldehyde, or part of an acid, ester, amide, lactone, or lactam group.
• aryl or C 6-10 aryl refers to 8- to 10-membered aromatic carbocyclic moieties having a single (e.g., phenyl) or a fused ring system (e.g., naphthalene).
• a typical aryl group is phenyl group.
• heteroaryl or C 9-10 heteroaryl refers to aromatic moieties containing at least one heteroatom (e.g., oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen or combinations thereof) within monocyclic or a 9 to 10-membered bicyclic fused aromatic ring system (e.g., pyrrolyl, pyridyl, pyrazolyl, indolyl, indazolyl, thienyl, furanyl, benzofuranyl, oxazolyl, imidazolyl, tetrazolyl, triazinyl, pyrimidyl, pyrazinyl, thiazolyl, benzo[d][1,3]dioxole, 2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxole or and the like.)
• heteroatom e.g., oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen or combinations thereof
• C 3-8 cycloalkyl refers to a 3 to 8 membered monocyclic carbocyclic ring which is fully saturated (e.g., cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, cycloheptane and cyclooctane).
• C 3-6 cycloalkyl is to be construed accordingly.
• C 4-7 heterocycloalkyl refers to a monocyclic ring which is fully saturated which has 4 to 7 ring atoms which contains 1 to 2 heteroatoms, independently selected from sulfur, oxygen and/or nitrogen.
• a typical "C 4-7 heterocycloalkyl” group includes oxtanyl, tetrahydrofuranyl, dihydrofuranyl, 1,4-dioxanyl, morpholinyl, 1,4-dithianyl, piperazinyl, piperidinyl, 1,3-dioxolanyl, pyrrolinyl, pyrrolidinyl, tetrahydropyranyl, oxathiolanyl, dithiolanyl, 1,3-dioxanyl, 1,3-dithianyl, oxathianyl, thiomorpholinyl, thiomorpholinyl 1,1 dioxide, tetrahydro-thiopyran 1,1-dioxide, 1,4-
• C 5-6 heterocycloalkene refers to a monocyclic nonaromatic ring that is partially saturated.
• the heterocyclic ring is generally a 5 to 6-membered ring containing 1 to 2 heteroatoms (preferably 1 or 2 heteroatoms) independently selected from sulfur, oxygen and/or nitrogen (e.g., 1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine or 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran).
• spirocycloalkyl means a two ring system wherein both rings share one common atom.
• spiral rings include spiro[3.3]heptane, spiro[3.4]octane, spiro[5.6]dodecane, spiro[5.5]undecane or spiro[2.5]octane.
• spirocyclic heterocycle means a two ring system wherein both rings share one common atom and wherein the two ring system contains 1 to 2 heteroatoms, independently selected from sulfur, oxygen and/or nitrogen.
• examples include 2,6-diazaspiro[3.3]heptanyl, 3-azaspiro[5.5]undecanyl, 3,9-diazaspiro[5.5]undecanyl, 7-azaspiro[3.5]nonane, 2,6-diazaspiro[3.4]octane, 8-azaspiro[4.5]decane, 1-oxa-9-azaspiro[5.5]undecan-4-one, 1-oxa-4,9-diazaspiro[5.5]undecan-3-one, 1,6-diazaspiro[3.3]heptanyl, 5-azaspiro[2.5]octanyl, 4,7-diazaspiro[2.5]octanyl, 5-oxa-2-azas
• Partially saturated or fully saturated heterocyclic rings include groups such as epoxy, aziridinyl, azetidinyl, tetrahydrofuranyl, dihydrofuranyl, dihydropyridinyl, pyrrolidinyl, imidazolidinyl, imidazolinyl, 1H-dihydroimidazolyl, hexahydropyrimidinyl, piperidinyl, piperazinyl, pyrazolidinyl, 2H-pyranyl, 4H-pyranyl, oxazinyl, morpholino, thiomorpholino, tetrahydrothienyl, tetrahydrothienyl 1,1-dioxide, oxazolidinyl, thiazolidinyl, 7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane, and the like.
• fused heterocycle or 7 to 10 membered fused heterocycle include fully saturated groups such as (1R,6R)-azabicyclo[4.1.0]heptanyl, 4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-3H-imidazo[4,5-c]pyridine, 8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-3-ol, octahydropyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazine, octahydrocyclopenta[c]pyrrole, 5,6,7,8-tetrahydroimidazo[1,2-a]pyrazine, 3,8 diazabicyclo[3.2.1]octane, 8-oxa-3-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane, 7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane, 1H-pyrazole, 2,5-diazabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane, 5,8,7,8-tetrahydro-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3
• a partially saturated heterocyclic ring also includes groups wherein the heterocyclic ring is fused to an aryl or heteroaryl ring (e.g., 2,3-dihydrobenzofuranyl, indolinyl (or 2,3-dihydroindolyl), 2,3-dihydrobenzothiophenyl, 2,3-dihydrobenzothiazolyl, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolinyl, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolinyl, 5,6,7,8-tetrahydropyrido[3,4-b]pyrazinyl, and the like).
• aryl or heteroaryl ring e.g., 2,3-dihydrobenzofuranyl, indolinyl (or 2,3-dihydroindolyl), 2,3-dihydrobenzothiophenyl, 2,3-dihydrobenzothiazolyl, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydr
• phrases "pharmaceutically acceptable” indicates that the substance, composition or dosage form must be compatible chemically and/or toxicologically, with the other ingredients comprising a formulation, and/or the mammal being treated therewith.
• the term "compounds of the present invention” refers to compounds of formula (I), as well as all stereoisomers (including diastereoisomers and enantiomers), rotamers, tautomers, isotopically labeled compounds (including deuterium substitutions), and inherently formed moieties (e.g., polymorphs, solvates and/or hydrates).
• salts are included as well, in particular pharmaceutically acceptable salts.
• a compound of the Examples as an isolated stereoisomer wherein the compound has one stereocenter and the stereoisomer is in the R configuration.
• a compound of the Examples as an isolated stereoisomer wherein the compound has one stereocenter and the stereoisomer is in the S configuration.
• a compound of the Examples as an isolated stereoisomer wherein the compound has two stereocenters and the stereoisomer is in the R R configuration.
• a compound of the Examples as an isolated stereoisomer wherein the compound has two stereocenters and the stereoisomer is in the R S configuration.
• a compound of the Examples as an isolated stereoisomer wherein the compound has two stereocenters and the stereoisomer is in the S R configuration.
• a compound of the Examples as an isolated stereoisomer wherein the compound has two stereocenters and the stereoisomer is in the S S configuration.
• tautomer or "tautomeric form” refers to structural isomers of different energies which are interconvertible via a low energy barrier.
• proton tautomers also known as prototropic tautomers
• proton tautomers include interconversions via migration of a proton, such as keto-enol and imine-enamine isomerizations.
• a specific example of a proton tautomer is the imidazole moiety where the proton may migrate between the two ring nitrogens.
• Valence tautomers include interconversions by reorganization of some of the bonding electrons.
• the invention relates to a compound of the formula (I) as defined herein, in free form. In another Embodiment, the invention relates to a compound of the formula (I) as defined herein, in salt form. In another Embodiment, the invention relates to a compound of the formula (I) as defined herein, in acid addition salt form. In a further Embodiment, the invention relates to a compound of the formula (I) as defined herein, in pharmaceutically acceptable salt form. In yet a further Embodiment, the invention relates to a compound of the formula (I) as defined herein, in pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt form. In yet a further Embodiment, the invention relates to any one of the compounds of the Examples in free form.
• the invention relates to any one of the compounds of the Examples in salt form. In yet a further Embodiment, the invention relates to any one of the compounds of the Examples in acid addition salt form. In yet a further Embodiment, the invention relates to any one of the compounds of the Examples in pharmaceutically acceptable salt form. In still another Embodiment, the invention relates to any one of the compounds of the Examples in pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt form.
• the compounds of the present invention may also be obtained in the form of their hydrates, or include other solvents used for their crystallization.
• the compounds of the present invention may inherently or by design form solvates with pharmaceutically acceptable solvents (including water); therefore, it is intended that the invention embrace both solvated and unsolvated forms.
• solvate refers to a molecular complex of a compound of the present invention (including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof) with one or more solvent molecules.
• solvent molecules are those commonly used in the pharmaceutical art, which are known to be innocuous to the recipient, e.g., water, ethanol, and the like.
• hydrate refers to the complex where the solvent molecule is water.
• Compounds of the invention i.e. compounds of formula (I) that contain groups capable of acting as donors and/or acceptors for hydrogen bonds may be capable of forming co-crystals with suitable co-crystal formers.
• These co-crystals may be prepared from compounds of formula (I) by known co-crystal forming procedures. Such procedures include grinding, heating, co-subliming, co-melting, or contacting in solution compounds of formula (I) with the co-crystal former under crystallization conditions and isolating co-crystals thereby formed.
• Suitable co-crystal formers include those described in WO 2004/078163 .
• the invention further provides co-crystals comprising a compound of formula (I).
• the compounds of the present invention including salts, hydrates and solvates thereof, may inherently or by design form polymorphs.
• Compounds of the present invention may be synthesized by synthetic routes that include processes analogous to those well-known in the chemical arts, particularly in light of the description contained herein.
• the starting materials are generally available from commercial sources such as Sigma-Aldrich or are readily prepared using methods well known to those skilled in the art (e.g., prepared by methods generally described in Louis F. Fieser and Mary Fieser, Reagents for Organic Synthesis, v. 1-19, Wiley, New York (1967-1999 ed .), or Beilsteins Handbuch der organischen Chemie, 4, Aufl. ed. Springer-Verlag, Berl in, including supplements (also available via the Beilstein online database)).
• Salts of compounds of the present invention having at least one salt-forming group may be prepared in a manner known to those skilled in the art.
• acid addition salts of compounds of the present invention are obtained in customary manner, e.g. by treating the compounds with an acid or a suitable anion exchange reagent. Salts can be converted into the free compounds in accordance with methods known to those skilled in the art. Acid addition salts can be converted, for example, by treatment with a suitable basic agent.
• Any resulting mixtures of isomers can be separated on the basis of the physicochemical differences of the constituents, into the pure or substantially pure geometric or optical isomers, diastereomers, racemates, for example, by chromatography and/or fractional crystallization.
• the compounds exist in individual optically active isomeric forms or as mixtures thereof, e.g. as racemic or diastereomeric mixtures.
• Diastereomeric mixtures can be separated into their individual diastereoisomers on the basis of their physical chemical differences by methods well known to those skilled in the art, such as by chromatography and/or fractional crystallization.
• Enantiomers can be separated by converting the enantiomeric mixture into a diastereomeric mixture by reaction with an appropriate optically active compound (e.g., chiral auxiliary such as a chiral alcohol or Mosher's acid chloride), separating the diastereoisomers and converting (e.g., hydrolyzing) the individual diastereoisomers to the corresponding pure enantiomers.
• an appropriate optically active compound e.g., chiral auxiliary such as a chiral alcohol or Mosher's acid chloride
• Enantiomers can also be separated by use of a commercially available chiral HPLC column.
• the invention further includes any variant of the present processes, in which the reaction components are used in the form of their salts or optically pure material.
• Compounds of the invention and intermediates can also be converted into each other according to methods generally known to those skilled in the art.
• reaction schemes depicted below provide potential routes for synthesizing the compounds of the present invention as well as key intermediates.
• Examples section below For a more detailed description of the individual reaction steps, see the Examples section below.
• specific starting materials and reagents are depicted in the schemes and discussed below, other starting materials and reagents can be easily substituted to provide a variety of derivatives and/or reaction conditions.
• many of the compounds prepared by the methods described below can be further modified in light of this disclosure using conventional chemistry well known to those skilled in the art.
• All starting materials, building blocks, reagents, acids, bases, dehydrating agents, solvents, and catalysts utilized to synthesis the compounds of the present invention are either commercially available or can be produced by organic synthesis methods known to one of ordinary skill in the art. Further, the compounds of the present invention can be produced by organic synthesis methods known to one of ordinary skill in the art as shown in the following examples.
• ESI-MS data (also reported herein as simply MS) were recorded using Waters System (Acquity UPLC and a Micromass ZQ mass spectrometer); all masses reported are the m/z of the protonated parent ions unless recorded otherwise.
• the sample is dissolved in suitable solvent such as MeCN, DMSO or MeOH and is injected directly into the column using an automated sample handler.
• suitable solvent such as MeCN, DMSO or MeOH
• the analysis is performed using one of the following methods:
• NMR proton spectra are recorded on Bruker AVANCE II 400 MHz with 5 mm QNP Cryoprobe; Bruker AVANCE III 500 MHz with 5 mm QNP; Bruker AVANCE III 400 MHz with 5 mm DCH Cryoprobe; Avance 400 equipped with cryo-QNP (1H, 19F, 13C and 31P) and Z-gradient, operating Topspin 2.1 software; Avance III 500 equipped with smartprobe (1H, 19F, 13C and 31P) and Z-gradient, operating Topspin 3.2 software; VARIAN 300 MHz (Mercury) equipped with 5 mm ASW Probe or on a VARIAN 400 MHz equipped with 5 mm ATB Probe unless otherwise noted.
• Scheme 1 represents the general synthesis of a compound of Formula I.
• Example 1-1 N -((6-Aminopyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(2-cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide
• Step 1 A solution of 1-(2-cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid ( I 5-1 ), 28 mg, 0.1 mmol) in MeCN (2 mL) was added N1 -((ethylimino)methylene)-N3,N3-dimethylpropane-1,3-diamine hydrochloride (27 mg, 0.1 mmol) and N , N -dimethylpyridin-4-amine (17.5 mg, 0.1 mmol) followed by benzyl (6-sulfamoylpyridin-2-yl)carbamate ( I 1-2 ) (35 mg, 0.1 mmol). The mixture was allowed to stir at rt for 8 h.
• Step 2 To a solution of benzyl (6-(N (1-(2-cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carbonyl)sulfamoyl)pyridin-2-yl)carbamate (56 mg, 0.1 mmol) in 9:1 MeOH/TFA (2 mL) was equipped with a H 2 (g) balloon filled syringe and hydrogen gas was used to purge the air out of the septa capped vial. To this H 2 purged reaction mixture was added Pd(OAc) 2 and H 2 (g) was further bubbled for 30 min at rt. After bubbling, the balloon was recharged and left on for an additional 1 hr without bubbling.
• Example 1-2 N -((6-aminopyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)4-((3'-fluoro-5'-isobutoxy-4-mothyl-[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl)oxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide
• Step 1 A solution of 1-(2-bromo-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropane-1 -carboxylic acid ( I 6-2 ) (500 mg, 1.8 mmol), tert -butyl (8-sulfamoylpyridin-2-yl)carbamate ( I 1-1 ) (504 mg, 1.8 mmol), EDAC.HCl (529 mg, 2.8 mmol) and DMAP (450 mg, 3.7 mmol) in chloroform (25 mL) was stirred at rt for 16 h. The reaction mixture was diluted with water, acidified with aq citric acid solution and extracted with DCM thrice.
• Step 2 TFA (3 mL) was added to a stirred solution of tert -butyl (6-( N -(1-(2-bromo-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carbonyl)sulfamoyl)pyridin-2-yl)carbamate (0.6 g, 1.2 mmol) in CH 2 Cl 2 (10 mL) at 0 °C and stirred at rt for 2 h. The reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo , the residue was quenched with saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution, extracted with DCM thrice.
• Step 3 The stirred solution of N -((6-aminopyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(2-bromo-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide (200 mg, 0.5 mmol), (3-fluoro-5-isobutoxyphenyl)boronic acid (148 mg, 0.7 mmol), K 3 PO 4 (200 mg, 0.9 mmol) in 4:1 1,4-dioxane/water (5 mL) was degassed with argon for 10 min.
• Example 1-3-1 and 1-3-2 N -((6-aminopyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-methyl-2-(2-(triftluoromethyl)cyclopropyl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-arboxamide
• the racemic trans mixture (30 mg) was subjected to chiral HPLC under the Chiral Separation Condition 1 and yielded one of trans isomers of N- ((6-aminopyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-methyl-2-(2-(trifluoromethyl)cyclopropyl)phenoxy) cyclopropane-1-carboxamide (10 mg), LCMS: m/z 456.1 [M+H] + , Rt 1.47 min; and its trans diastereomer (11 mg), LCMS: m/z 456.1 [M+H] + .
• the isomer that was eluted at 2.9 min at chiral HPLC column was arbitarily assigned as Ex. 1-3-1 and the one at 3.4 min as its trans diastereomer Ex. 1-3-2.
• Example 1-6 N -((6-Aminopyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(2-(3,3-difluorocyclohexyl)-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 2, LCMS: m/z 466.1 [M+H] + ; Rt 1.826 min.
• Example 1-6 N-((6-Aminopyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(2-cycloheptyl-6-methylphenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 2, LCMS: m/z 466.1 [M+H] + ; Rt 1.885 min.
• Example 1-7 N -((6-Amino-3-fluoropyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(2-cyclohexyl-6-methylphenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 4, LCMS: m/z 448.5 [M+1] + . Rt 2.83 min.
• Example 1-8 N -((6-Aminopyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-methyl-2-(1-(trifluoromethyl)cyclopropyl)phenoxy)cyclopentane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 484.2 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.71 min.
• Scheme 2 represents the general synthesis of a compound of Formula (I).
• Example 2-1 1-(2-Cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxyazetidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide
• the reaction mixture was transferred to a microwave vial and (S)-3-methylmorpholine (0.1 mL, 0.9 mmol) and 1,4-dioxane (1 mL) was added to the solution.
• the reaction mixture was microwaved at 140 °C for 2 h then at 160 °C for 2 h.
• the crude solution was filtered through Celite and washed with dichloromethane/methanol. The resulting solution was then concentrated in vacuo.
• the crude material was diluted with acetonitrile and water with drops of DMSO and purified by mass-directed reversed phase column chromatography (Condition 1, Acidic, Method 7). The desired peak was collected and concentrated by lyophilization to yield a white amorphous solid.
• Example 2-4 Methyl 1-(6-( N -(1-(2-cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carbonyl)sulfamoyl)pyridin-2-yl)piperidine-4-carboxylate; Obtained following the procedure for Ex. 2-3; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 556.5 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.73 min.
• Example 2-6 1-(6-(N-(1-(2-cyclohexyl-6-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarbonyl)sulfamoyl)pyridin-2-yl)-4-methylpiperidine-4-carboxylic acid:
• Example 2-6 1 -(6-(N-(1 -(2-cyclohexyl-6-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarbonyl) sulfamoyl)pyridin-2-yl)piperidine-4-carboxylic acid; Obtained from Ex. 2-4 following the procedure for Ex. 2-5 ; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 542.4 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.70 min.
• Example 2-7 1-(6-( N -(1-(2-cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarbonyl) sulfamoyl)pyridin-2-yl)piperidine-4-carboxylate:
• Example 2-8 Tert -butyl (1-(6-( N -(1-(2-cyclohexyl-6-methylphenoxy) cyclopropanecarbonyl)sulfamoyl)pyridin-2-yl)-4-methylpiperidin-4-yl)carbamate;
• Example 2-9 N -((6-(4-Amino-4-methylpiperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(2-cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxamide
• Example 2-10 1-(2-Cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-(4-(cyclopropanecarboxamido)-4-methylpiperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide
• N -((6-(4-amino-4-methylpiperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(2-cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxamide (Ex. 2-9 ) (56 mg, 0.1 mmol), cyclopropanecarboxylic acid (0.01 mL, 0.1 mmol), and HATU (49 mg, 0.1 mmol) were dissolved in DMF (1 mL) and DIPEA (0.06 mL, 0.3 mmol). The reaction was stirred at rt. The crude solution was concentrated in vacuo to yield a yellow gum.
• Example 2-11 1-(2-Cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-(4-(3-cyclopropylureido)-4-methylpiperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide
• Example 2-12 Tert -butyl (1-(6-( N -(1-(2-cyclohexyl-6-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarbonyl)sulfamoyl)pyridin-2-yl)piperidin-3-yl)carbamate
• Example 2-13 N -((6-(3-aminopiperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-y1)sulfonyl)-1-(2-cyclohexyl-6-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxamide
• Example 2-14 1-(6-( N -(1-(2-cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy) cyclopropanecarbonyl)sulfamoyl)pyridin-2-yl)-4-methylpiperidine-4-carboxamide
• Example 2-15 N -((6-(4-cyano-4-methylpiperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(2-cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxamide
• Example 2-16 1 -(2-Cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxy-3-methylazetidin-1 - yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 500.31 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.72 min.
• Example 2-18 1-(2-Cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-(3-methoxyazetidin-1- yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 4, LCMS: m/z 500.2 [M+H] + ; Rt 3.15 min.
• Example 2-19 N-((6-(4-Amino-4-(fluoromethyl)piperidin-1 -yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1 -(2-cyclohexyl-6-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 545.22 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.61min.
• Example 2-20 N -((6-(1-Amino-8-azaspiro[4.5]decan-8-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(2-cyclohexyl-6anethylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 567.48 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.61 min.
• Example 2-21 N-((6-(1,6-Diazaspiro[3.3]heptan-6-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1 -(2-cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 511.44 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.61 min.
• Example 2-22 Tert-butyl (1-(6-( N -(1-(2-cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy) cyclopropanecarbonyl)sulfamoyl)pyridin-2-yl)-4-(hydroxymethyl)piperidin-4-yl)carbamate; Condition 4, LCMS: m/z 643.7 [M+H] + ; Rt 3.18 min.
• Example 2-23 1-(2-Cyclohexyl-6-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-(4-(3-cyclopropylthioureido)-4-methylpiperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 626.51 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.73 min.
• Example 2-24 Tert -butyl (1-(6-( N -(1-(2-cyclohexyl-6-methylphenoxy) cyclopropanecarbonyl)sulfamoyl)pyridin-2-yl)-3-methylpyrrolidin-3-yl)carbamate; Condition 4, LCMS: m/z 813.3 [M+H] + ; Rt 3.49 min.
• Example 2-26 1 -(2-Cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)-N-((6-(dimethylamino)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 458.3 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.73 min.
• Example 2-26 (R)-1-(2-Cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)-N-((6-(3-methylmorpholino)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 4, LCMS: m/z 514.5 [M+H] + ; Rt 3.17 min.
• Example 2-27 N-((6-(3-Amino-3-methylpyrrolidin-1 -yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1 -(2-cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 4, LCMS: m/z 513.2 [M+H] + ; Rt 2.08 min.
• Example 2-28 1-(2-Cyclohexyl-6-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-(6-fluoro-4-oxospiro[chroman-2,4'-piperidin]-1'-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 4, LCMS: m/z 648.6 [M+H] + ; Rt 3.48 min.
• Example 2-29 Tert-butyl 6-(6-( N -(1-(2-cyclohoxyl-5-methylphonoxy) cyclopropanecarbonyl)sulfamoyl)pyridin-2-yl)-2,6-diazaspiro[3.3]heptane-2-carboxylate; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 611.2 [M+H] + ; Rt 3.40 min.
• Example 2-30 Tert-butyl 6-(6-(N-(1-(2-cyclohexyl-6-methylphenoxy) cyclopropanecarbonyl)sulfamoyl)pyridin-2-yl)-1 ,6-diazaspiro[3.3]heptane-1-carboxylate; Condition 4, LCMS: m/z 611.3 [M+H] + ; Rt 3.37 min.
• Example 2-31 1-(2-Cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-(piperazin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 499.3 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.60 min.
• Example 2-32 N-((6-(1 -Amino-8-azaspiro[4.5]decan-8-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1 -(2-cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxamide, single enantiomer, absolute stereochemistry unknown;
• the racemic mixture (132 mg) was subjected to chiral HPLC under the Chiral Separation Condition 2 and yielded enatiomers of N -((6-(1-amino-8-azaspiro[4.5]decan-8-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(2-cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxamide:
• Example 2-34 Tert -butyl 4-(6-( N -(1-(2-cyclohexyl-6-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarbonyl)sulfamoyl)pyridin-2-yl)piperazine-1-carboxylate Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 599.45 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.75 min. 1 H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-de) ⁇ 7.56 (s, 1H), 7.05 (s, 1H). 6.92 (s.
• Example 2-36 1-(2-Cyclohexyl-6-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-((trans-3-hydroxycyclobutyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 4, LCMS: m/z 500.40 [M+H] + ; Rt 2.73 min.
• Example 2-36 1-(2-Cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-((cis-3-hydroxycyclobutyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 500.14 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.67 min.
• Example 2-37 1-(2-Cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-(3-(trifluoromethyl)piperazin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 567.43 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.70 min.
• Example 2-38 Methyl 3-(4-(6-(N-(1-(2-cyclohexyl-6-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarbonyl)sulfamoyl)pyridin-2-yl)piperazin-1-yl)-2,2-dimethylpropanoate; Condition 4, LCMS: m/z 813.8 [M+H] + ; Rt 2.31 min.
• Example 2-39 1-(2-Cyclohoxyl-5-methylphonoxy)- N -((6-(morpholino- d 8 )pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 508.48 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.71 min.
• Example 2-40 1-(2-Cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-(5-oxo-1,4-diazepan-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 6, LCMS: m/z 526.23 [M+H]*; Rt 2.77 min.
• Example 2-41 N-((6-(4-Aminopiperidin-1 -yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1 -(2-cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 513.26 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.62 min.
• Example 2-42 Tert-butyl (1-(6-(N-(1-(2-cyclohexyl-6-methylphenoxy) cyclopropanecarbonyl)sulfamoyl)pyridin-2-yl)-4-(fluoromethyl)piperidin-4-yl)carbamate; Condition 4, LCMS: m/z 845.7 [M+H] + ; Rt 3.41 min.
• Example 2-43 Tert -butyl (1-(6-( N -(1-(2-cyclohexyl-6-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarbonyl)sulfamoyl)pyridin-2-yl)piperidin-4-yl)carbamate Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 813.4 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.74 min.
• Example 2-44 N -((6-(5- cis -amino-3-azabicyclo[4.1.0]heptan-3-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(2-cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 525.21 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.60 min.
• Example 2-46 1-(2-Cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-((2-hydroxypropyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 488.4 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.70 min.
• Example 2-46 (R)-1-(2-cyclohexyl-6-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-((2-hydroxypropyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 488.4 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.70 min.
• Example 2-47 (S)-1-(2-Cyclohexyl-6-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-((2-hydroxypropyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 488.4 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.70 min.
• Example 2-48 1-(2-Cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)-N-((6-((2-hydroxypropyl)(methyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamid; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 502.5 [M+H] + ; Rt 2.99 min;.
• Example 2-49 1-(2-Cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-(4-hydroxy-4-methylpiperidin-1- yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 528.6 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.71 min.
• Example 2-60 Tert -butyl (1-(6-( N -(1-(2-cyclohexyl-6-methylphenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carbonyl)sulfamoyl)pyridin-2-yl)-3-methylazetidin-3-yl)carbamate; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 599.5 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.75 min.
• Example 2-61 1-(2-Cyclohexyl-6-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-(2-methylmorpholino)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 514.4 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.73 min.
• Example 2-62 (S)-1-(2-Cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-(2-methylmorpholino)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 514.4 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.74 min.
• Example 2-63 (R)-1-(2-Cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)-N-((6-(2-methylmorpholino)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 514.4 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.74 min.
• Example 2-64 1 -(2-Cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-(4-phenylpiperazin-1 -yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 575.4 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.77 min.
• Example 2-66 1 -(2-Cyclohexyl-6-methylphenoxy)-N-((6-(4-(4-fluorophenyl)piperazin-1 - yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 593.5 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.77 min.
• Example 2-66 1-(2-Cyclohexyl-6-methylphenoxy)-N-((6-(6-tosyl-1,6-diazaspiro[3.3]heptan-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 665.3 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.74 min.
• Example 2-67 1-(6-Chloro-2-cyclohexylphenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxyazetidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 506.3 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.71 min.
• Scheme 3 represents the general synthesis of a compound of Formula (I).
• Example 3-1 1-(2-(4,4-Difluorocyclohexyl)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-(6'fluoro-4'-oxo-3',4'-dihydro-1'H-spiro[piperidine-4,2'-quinolin]-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide
• Example 3-1 Example 3-2: (S)-1-(2-(4,4-Dif)uorocyc)ohexy))-6-ftuorophenoxy)- N -((6-((1-hydroxypropan-2-yl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 4, LCMS: m/z 528.2 [M+H] + ; Rt 2.48 min.
• Example 3-3 1-(2-(4,4-Difluorocyclohexyl)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-(3-(hydroxymethyl)piperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide;
• the racemic mixture 110 mg was subjected to chiral HPLC under the Chiral Separation Condition 3 and yielded two enatiomers of 1-(2-(4,4-difluorocyclohexyl)-5-methylphenoxy)- N- ((6-(3-(hydroxymethyl)piperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide (40mg each, absolute stereochemistry not confirmed).
• Example 3-4 (R)-1-(2-(4,4-Difluorocyclohexyl)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-((2-hydroxypropyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 524.4 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.67 min.
• Example 3-6 Tert-butyl (1-(6-( N -(1-(2-(4,4-difluorocyclohexyl)-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carbonyl)sulfamoyl)pyridin-2-yl)-3-methylazetidin-3-yl)carbamate Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 835.4 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.72 min.
• Example 3-7 (S)-1-(2-(4,4-Difluorocyclohexyl)-6-methoxyphenoxy)- N- ((6-(3-(hydroxymethyl)piperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 580.4 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.67 min.
• Example 4-1 1-(2-( Trans- 4-fluorocyclohexyl)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxy-3-methylazetidin-1 -yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1 -carboxamide, absolute stereochemistry unknown, only relative stereochemistry known
• Example 4-2 (S)-1-(2,5-Dimethylphenoxy)- N -((6-(3-methylmorpholino)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide
• Example 4-4 (R)-1-(2,5-dimethylphenoxy)- N -((6-((2-hydroxypropyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopentane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 448.2 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.66 min.
• Example 4-6 (S)-1-(2-Cyclopentyl-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-((2-hydroxypropyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 474.4 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.69 min.
• Example 4-6 (R)-1-(2-Cyclopentyl-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-((2-hydroxypropyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 474.4 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.69 min.
• Example 4-7 1-(2-(3,3-Difluorocyclopentyl)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-((R)-3-(hydroxymethyl)piperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide, diastereomer 1, unknown absolute stereochemistry at 3,3-difluorocyclopentyl center; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 550.1 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.67 min.
• Example 4-8 (R)- N -((6-(3-(hydroxymethyl)piperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(2-isobutyl-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 502.1 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.70 min.
• Example 4-9 (S)- N -((6-((2-Hydroxypropyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1 -(2-isobutyl-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 462.4 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.68 min.
• Example 4-10 (R)-N-((6-((2-Hydroxypropyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(2-isobutyl-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 462.4 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.68 min.
• Example 4-11 (S)-1-(5-Chloro-2-isobutylphenoxy)- N -((6-((2-hydroxypropyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 482.3 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.68 min.
• Example 4-12 1-(5-Chloro-2-(spiro[2.5]octan-6-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxyazetidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 532.4 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.72 min.
• Example 4-13 (R)-1-(5-Chloro-2-(4,4-dimethylcyclohexyl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(2-methylmorpholino)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 562.1 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.74 min.
• Example 4-16 (S)- N -((6-((2-Hydroxypropyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-methyl-2-(1-methylcyclopropyl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 446.3 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.64 min.
• Example 4-17 N -((6-(3-Hydroxy-3-methylazetidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-methyl-2-(1-(trifluoromethyl)cyclopropyl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 526.4 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.66 min.
• Example 4-18 1-(5-Fluoro-2-(3,3,3-trifluoroprop-1-en-2-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(4-phenylpiperazin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 591.3 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.70 min.
• Example 4-21 (R)-1-(2-(3,4-Dihydro-2H-pyran-5-yl)-5-methylphenoxy)-N-((6-(3-(hydroxymethyl)piperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 528.2 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.66 min.
• Example 4-22 N -((6-(3-hydroxy-3-methylazetidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-((4-methyl-1',2',3',6'-tetrahydro-[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl)oxy)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 498.4 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.69 min.
• Example 4-23 1-(2-( Cis -4-fluorocyclohexyl)-5-methylphenoxy)-N-((6-(3-hydroxy-3-methylazetidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide, absolute stereochemistry unknown, only relative stereochemistry known; Condition 4, LCMS: 518.5 m/z [M+H] + ; Rt 2.57 min.
• Examples 4-24-1 and 4-24-2 1-(2-((S)-6,6-dimethyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-yl)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-((S)-3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide and 1 -(2-((R)-6,6-dimethyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-yl)-6-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-((S)-3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Chiral Separation of the diastereomeric mixture of example 4-24: 1-(2-(6,6-dimethyltetrahydro-2 H -pyran-3-yl)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-((S)-3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)
• Example 6-1 (S)- N -((6-(3-Hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-((4-methyl-3'-(trifluoromethyl)-[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl)oxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide;
• Step 1 In a 100 mL round bottomed flask with stir bar, tert -butyl 1-(2-bromo-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxylate (I 6-1) (876 mg, 2.7 mmol), (3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)boronic acid (602 mg, 3.2 mmol), sodium carbonate (1.4 g, 13.4 mmol), and Pd(dppf)Cl 2 ⁇ DCM (114 mg, 0.1 mmol) were added and then placed under nitrogen. 1,4-dioxane (8 mL) and water (1.6 mL) were then added and the reaction was sparged with nitrogen for 5 minutes.
• a condenser was then placed on the flask and the reaction mixture was then heated at 80 °C for 18 h under nitrogen.
• the solution was filtered through Celite and washed with dichloromethane.
• the solution was diluted with water (120 mL) and dichloromethane (150 mL).
• the solution was then separated and the product was back-extracted from the aqueous layer with dichloromethane (2 ⁇ 100 mL).
• the organic solution was then washed with brine (50 mL) and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate.
• Step 2 To a solution of tert-butyl 1-((4-methyl-3'-(trif1uoromethyl)-[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl)oxy)cyclopropanecarboxylate (752 mg, 1.9 mmol) in DCM (6 mL), TFA (0.8 mL, 10.4 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture was stirred at rt. The solution was concentrated in vacuo to yield a dark green solid/gum. The crude product was diluted with ethyl acetate (150 mL) and washed with water (40 mL), 0.5 M aqueous lithium chloride solution (40 mL) and brine (40 mL).
• Step 3 To a solution of 1-((4-methyl-3'-(trifluoromethyl)-[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl)oxy)cyclopropanecarboxylic acid (517 mg, 1.5 mmol) in DCM (3 mL) cooled to 0 °C, Ghosez's reagent (0.3 mL, 2.3 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture was stirred for 30 minutes. While still cooling, a solution of 8-fluoropyridine-2-sulfonamide (I 3-1) (394 mg, 1.9 mmol) in DCM (3 mL) and DMF (1.5 mL) was added, followed by pyridine (0.5 mL, 8.2 mmol).
• the reaction mixture was slowly warmed up to rt and was stirred for 18 h.
• the reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate (180 mL) and water (40 mL) and acidified to ⁇ pH 4.
• the organic layer was then washed with 0.5 M aqueous LiCI solution (40 mL) and brine (40 mL) and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate.
• the organic layer was then concentrated in vacuo.
• Step 4 In a reaction vial, N -((6-fluoropyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-((4-methyl-3'-(trifluoromethyl)-[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl)oxy)cyclopropanecarboxamide (50 mg, 0.1 mmol), (S)-pyrrolidin-3-ol hydrochloride (24 mg, 0.2 mmol), and cesium carbonate (216 mg, 0.7 mmol) were dissolved in DMA (1 mL). The reaction was then heated to 65 °C and allowed to stir for 18 h. The crude solution was concentrated to remove excess DMA to yield a viscous gum.
• Step 1 In a reaction vial, 1-(2-bromo-5-chlorophenoxy)- N -((6-fluoropyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide (578 mg, 1.3 mmol) (I 13-2), (S)-pyrrolidin-3-ol hydrochloride (187 mg, 1.5 mmol), and cesium carbonate (1.7 g, 5.1 mmol) were dissolved in DMA (5 mL). The reaction was then heated to 120 °C and stirred for 18 h. The crude solution was diluted with ethyl acetate and filtered through Celite to remove excess cesium carbonate.
• the solution was diluted with ethyl acetate (100 mL), acidified to ⁇ pH 1 with 1 N aqueous HCl solution, and washed with water (20 mL), 0.1 N aqueous HCl solution (20 mL), 0.5 M aqueous LiCI solution (2 ⁇ 20 mL) and brine (2 ⁇ 20 mL).
• the organic layer was then dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo to yield a brown gum.
• Step 2 In a reaction vial with stir bar, (S)-1-(2-bromo-5-chlorophenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide (70 mg, 0.1 mmol), (3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)boronic acid (34 mg, 0.2 mmol), sodium carbonate (73 mg, 0.7 mmol), and Pd(dppf)Cl 2 ⁇ DCM (6 mg, 6.8 ⁇ mol) were added and then placed under nitrogen.
• 1,4-dioxane 0.5 mL
• water 0.1 mL
• the reaction mixture was sparged with nitrogen for 5 minutes.
• the reaction was then heated at 80 °C for 18h.
• the solution was diluted with ethyl acetate (40 mL) and acidified with 1 N aqueous HCl solution to ⁇ pH 2.
• the solution was washed with water (15 mL), 0.1 N aqueous HCl solution (10 mL) and brine (20 mL).
• the organic solution was then dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo.
• Example 5-3 1-((4-Chloro-3'-isobutoxy-[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl)oxy)- N -((6-(4-cyano-4-methylpiperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide;
• Step 1 A solution of 1-(2-bromo-5-chlorophenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (I 6-4) (120 mg, 0.4 mmol), 6-(4-cyano-4-methylpiperidin-1-yl)pyridine-2-sulfonamide (I 3-2) (115 mg, 0.4 mmol), EDCl (118 mg, 0.6 mmol) and DMAP (151 mg, 1.2 mmol) in CH 2 Cl 2 (25 mL) was stirred at rt for 16 h. The reaction mixture was quenched with aqueous citric acid solution and extracted with CH 2 Cl 2 thrice. The combined organic solution was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous Na 2 SO and concentrated in vacuo.
• Step 2 The stirred solution of 1-(2-bromo-5-chiorophenoxy)- N -((6-(4-cyano-4-methylpiperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide (100 mg, 0.2 mmol), 2-(3-isobutoxyphenyl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolane (75 mg, 0.3 mmol), K 3 PO 4 (115 mg, 0.5 mmol) in 7:3 1,4-dioxane/water (10 mL) was degassed with argon for 10 min.
• Example 6-4 (S)-1-(2-(Benzofuran-6-yl)-5-chlorophenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 554.0 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.67 min.
• Example 6-6 (S)-14(3',4-Bis(trifluoromethyl)-[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl)oxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1 -yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1 -carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 616.0 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.69 min.
• Example 6-6 (S)-1-((4-Chloro-3'-(trifluoromethoxy)-[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl)oxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 598.0 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.69 min.
• Example 6-7 (S)-14(4-Chloro-4'-fluoro-3'-(trifluoromethyl)-[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl)oxy)- N- ((6-(3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 600.0 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.67 min.
• Example 5-9 (S)-1-((3'-(Difluoromethyl)-4-methyl-[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl)oxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 544.0 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.65 min.
• Example 5-10 (S)- N -((6-(3-Hydroxypyrrolidin-1 -yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-14(4-methyl-4'-(trifluoromethyl)-[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl)oxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 562.0 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.67 min.
• Example 6-11 (R)- N -((6-(3-Hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-((4-methyl-3'-(trifluoromethyl)-[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl)oxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 562.1 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.67 min.
• Example 6-12 (S)-1-(2-(Benzofuran-5-yl)-5-chlorophenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 554.0 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.66 min.
• Example 6-13 (S)- N -((6-(3-Hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-methyl-2-(4-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 563.0 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.66 min.
• Example 6-14 (S)- N -((6-(3-Hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1((4-methyl-2'-(trifluoromethyl)-[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl)oxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 562.0 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.66 min.
• Example 6-16 (S)-1-(5-Chloro-2-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 593.9 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.69 min.
• Example 6-16 N -((6-(4-Amino-4-(trifluoromethyl)piperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-((4-methyl-3'-(trifluoromethyl)-[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl)oxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 5, LCMS: m/z 642.2 [M+H] + ; Rt 1.57 min.
• Example 6-1 (S)-1-(2-(Benzyloxy)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-(2-methylmorpholino)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide;
• Step 1 To a solution of tert-butyl 1-(2-(benzyloxy)-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxylate (I 38-1) (0.9 g, 2.7 mmol) in DCM (27 mL) cooled to 0 °C, trifluoroacetic acid (0.3 mL, 3.2 mmol) was added dropwise. The reaction was allowed to warm to rt and was stirred for 2 h. Additional trifluoroacetic acid (0.3 mL, 3.2 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 18 h.
• Step 2 A solution of 1-(2-(benzyloxy)-5-methylphenyl)cyclopropanecarboxylic acid (258 mg, 0.9 mmol), 6-fluoropyridine-2-sulfonamide (183 mg, 0.9 mmol) and DIPEA (0.8 mL, 4.3 mmol) in 1:5 DMF/DCM (8 mL) was stirred at rt for 5 min, then HATU (362 mg, 1.0 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 18 h. The reaction mixture was washed with saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution followed by brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrated in vacuo.
• Step 3 A solution of 1-(2-(benzyloxy)-5-methylphenoxy)-N ((6-fluoropyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide (50 mg, 0.1 mmol), (S)-2-methylmorpholine (0.05 mL, 0.4 mmol), and cesium carbonate (143 mg, 0.4 mmol) in DMA (2mL) was heated at 120 °C for 18 h. The crude reaction mixture was filtered through Celite and washed with DCM. The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo. The crude product was purified by an ISCO C18 reverse-phase chromatography (acetonitrile/water, 0-100%).
• Example 6-2 N -((6-(4-cyano-4-methylpiperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(2-(cyclopentyloxy)-6-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxamide;
• Step 1 To a stirred solution of cyclopentanol (50 ⁇ L, 0.6 mmol), tert-butyl 1-(2-hydroxy-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxylate (I 39-1) (50 mg, 0.2 mmol) and triphenylphosphine (149 mg, 0.6 mmol) in THF (2 mL), DIAD (110 ⁇ L, 0.6 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 18 h. The reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo.
• Step 2 To a solution of tert-butyl 1-(2-(cyclopentyloxy)-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxylate (145 mg, 0.4 mmol) in DCM (5 mL) cooled to 0°C, TFA (50 ⁇ L, 0.7 mmol) was added dropwise. The reaction was allowed to warm to rt and was stirred for 2 h. Additional TFA (100 ⁇ L, 1.3 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture was stirred at rt for additional 3 days.
• Step 3 To a solution of 1-(2-(cyclopentyloxy)-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxylic acid (60 mg, 0.2 mmol) and HATU (91 mg, 0.2 mmol) in DMF (1 mL), DIPEA (0.2 mL, 1.1 mmol) was added and the reaction was stirred at rt for 30 min. Then, 8-fluoropyridine-2-sulfonamide (I 3-1) (43.9 mg, 0.2 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 18 h.
• DIPEA 0.2 mL, 1.1 mmol
• the solution was diluted with ethyl acetate (80 mL) and acidified to ⁇ pH 2 with 1N aqueous HCl solution, and then washed with water (20 mL), 0.5M aqueous LiCl solution (2 ⁇ 20 mL) and brine (2 ⁇ 20 mL). The organic layer was then dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo.
• the crude product was diluted with acetonitrile and water with drops of DMSO and purified by mass-directed reversed phase HPLC (Condition 1, Basic, Method 3).
• Step 4 In a reaction vial, 1-(2-(cyclopentyloxy)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-fluoropyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide (58 mg, 0.1 mmol), 4-methylpiperidine-4-carbonitrile hydrochloride (26 mg, 0.2 mmol), and cesium carbonate (172 mg, 0.5 mmol) were dissolved in DMA (1 mL). The reaction was then heated to 120 °C and allowed to stir for 18 h. The reaction mixture was dissolved in water and washed with twice with DCM.
• Example 6-3 (S)-1-(2-(Cyclohexyloxy)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide; Condition 4, LCMS: m/z 516.4 [M+H] + ; Rt 2.60min.
• Example 6-4 (S)-1-(2-((4-(tert-butyl)cyclohexyl)oxy)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1 -yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 572.4 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.73 min.
• Example 6-6 1-(2-((4-( tert -butyl)cyclohexyl)oxy)-6-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-(4-hydroxy-4-methylpiperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 600.4 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.74 min.
• Example 6-6 (S)-1-(2-(cycloheptyloxy)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 530.3 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.71 min.
• Example 6-7 (S)-1-(2-((4-(tert-butyl)cyclohexyl)oxy)-5-chlorophenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 592.2 [M] + ; Rt 0.75 min.
• Example 6-8 1-(2-((4-( tert -butyl)cyclohexyl)oxy)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-(4-hydroxy-4-(trifluoromethyl)piperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 654.4 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.75 min.
• Example 6-9 1-(2-((decahydronaphthalen-2-yl)oxy)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-((S)-3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 570.3 [M+H] + ; Rt 0.74 min.
• Example 6-10 (S)-1-(2-((2,3-dihydro-1 H -inden-2-yl)oxy)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 4, LCMS: m/z 550.5 [M+H] + ; Rt 2.63 min.
• Example 6-12 (S)-1-(5-chloro-2-(isopentyloxy)phenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 524.2 [M] + ; Rt 0.69 min.
• Example 6-13 (S)-1-(2-(cyclopentyloxy)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 4, LCMS: m/z 502.4 [M+H] + ; Rt 2.45 min.
• Example 6-14 (S)-1-(5-chloro-2-(cyclopentyloxy)phenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 522.2 [M] + ; Rt 0.67 min.
• Example 6-15 (S)- N -((6-(3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(2- iso butoxy-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 4, LCMS: m/z 490.4 [M+H] + ; Rt 2.45 min.
• Example 7-1 1-(5-Chloro-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(4-hydroxy-4-(trifluoromethyl)piperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide
• the intermediates I 3-1, I 6-3, and I 32-1 were synthesized accordingly as described in the intermediate synthesis section.
• reaction mixture was diluted with MeOH and water, then was purified by reverse-phase C18 chromatography (acetonitrile/water, eluted with 10-100%).
• product was purified on silica gel column (MeOH/DCM, isocratic 5%) to afford 1-(5-chloro-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(4-hydroxy-4-(trifluoromethyl)piperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide (Ex.
• Examples 7-2-1 and 7-2-2 (S)-1-(5-chloro-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxy-3-methylpyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide and (R)-1-(5-chloro-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxy-3-methylpyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Chiral Separation of the enantiomeric mixture of 1-(5-chloro-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxy-3-methylpyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide
• Enantiomer 1 fast moving enantiomer assigned as (S)-1-(5-chloro-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxy-3-methylpyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide (Ex. 7-2-1) Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 546.3 [M] + ; Rt 0.74 min.
• Enantiomer 2 slow moving enantiomer assigned as (R)-1-(5-chloro-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxy-3-methylpyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide (Ex. 7-2-2) Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 546.3 [M] + ; Rt 0.74 min.
• Example 7-3 (S)-1-(5-chloro-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 4, LCMS: m/z 532.2 [M] + ; Rt 0.73 min.
• Example 7-4 N -((6-(4-(tert-butyl)-4-hydroxypiperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-chloro-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 602.3 [M] + ; Rt 0.77 min.
• Example 7-6 N -((6-(1-oxa-6-azaspiro[3.3]heptan-6-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-chloro-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 544.2 [M] + ; Rt 0.74 min.
• Example 7-7 Tert- butyl (1-(6-( N -(1-(5-chloro-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropanecarbonyl)sulfamoyl)pyridin-2-yl)-4-methylpiperidin-4-yl)carbamate; Condition 4, LCMS: m/z 659.6 [M] + ; Rt 3.70 min.
• Example 7-8 1 -(5-Chloro-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxy-3-methylpiperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide;
• the racemic mixture (100 mg) was subjected to chiral SFC under the Chiral Separation Condtion 5 and yielded two enatiomers of 1-(5-chloro-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxy-3-methylpiperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide (27 mg each, absolute stereochemistry not confirmed).
• Example 7-9 1-(5-Chloro-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxyazetidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 518.2 [M] + ; Rt 0.73 min.
• Example 7-11 1-(5-Chloro-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(4-hydroxypiperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 546.3 [M] + ; Rt 0.74 min.
• Example 7-13 (R)-1-(5-Chloro-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(2-methylmorpholino)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide ; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 546.2 [M] + ; Rt 0.75 min.
• Example 7-15 1-(5-Chloro-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(dimethylamino)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1 -carboxamide ; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 490.3 [M] + ; Rt 0.75 min.
• Example 7-16 N -((6-(8-Oxa-3-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-3-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-chloro-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide ; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 558.3 [M] + ; Rt 0.78 min.
• Example 7-17 N -((6-(4-amino-4-(trifluoromethyl)piperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-chloro-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide ; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 613.2 [M] + ; Rt 0.75 min.
• Examples 7-18-1 and 7-18-2 1-(5-Chloro-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxy-3-methylpyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopentane-1-carboxamide, Enantiomer 1 and Enantiomer 2, unknown absolute stereochemistry;
• the racemic mixture 150 mg was subjected to chiral HPLC (COLUMN: CHIRALPAK IG (10 mm ⁇ 250 mm), 5.0 ⁇ ; Mobile Phase: Hexane and 0.196 HCOOH in IPA : MeOH (1:1, v/v); isocratic: 82:18) and yielded two enatiomers of 1-(5-chloro-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxy-3-methylpyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sul
• Enantiomer 1 Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 574.3 [M] + ; Rt 0.74 min. Chiral HPLC: Rt 7.959 min under chiral HPLC (Lux Cellulose-5, 5.0 ⁇ (250 ⁇ 4.6 mm); isocratic 70 :30 n-Hexane, 0.1% TFA in EtOH :MeOH (1 :1, v/v) at 25 °C; 1.0 mL/min).
• Enantiomer 2 Enantiomer 2 : Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 574.3 [M] + ; Rt 0.74 min.
• Chiral HPLC Rt 8.886 min under chiral HPLC (Lux Cellulose-5, 5.0 ⁇ (250 ⁇ 4.6 mm); isocratic 70 :30 n-Hexane, 0.1% TFA in EtOH :MeOH (1 :1, v/v) at 25 °C; 1.0 mL/min).
• Example 7-19 (R)-1-(5-Chloro-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide ; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 532.3 [M]+; Rt 0.72 min.
• Example 7-20 (S)-1-(5-Chloro-2-(spiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1 -yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopentane-1 -carboxamide; Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 560.3 [M]+; Rt 0.73 min. 1H NMR (800 MHz, DMSO- d 6 ) ⁇ 12.41 (brs, 1H).
• Example 8-1 (S)-1-(5-Chloro-2-(4,4-dimethylpiperidin-1-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide
• Step 1 To the suspension of LAH (2.4 g, 62.43 mmol) in THF (80 mL), was added 3,3-dimethylpentanedioic acid (5.0 g, 31.2 mmol) dissolved in THF (20 mL) dropwise at 0 °C. The reaction mixture was heated to 70 °C and stirred for 5 h. The reaction mixture was cooled to 0 °C, quenched with slow addition of water, followed by 2N aqueous NaOH solution and was diluted with EtOAc. The reaction mixture was filtered through Celite bed and then bed was thoroughly washed with EtOAc.
• Step 2 To 3,3-dimethylpentane-1,5-diol (3.5 g, 26.5 mmol) in a round-bottom flask, PBr 3 was added dropwise at rt. The reaction mixture was heated to 100 °C and stirred for 3 h. The reaction mixture was cooled to 0 °C and quenched with ice water and was extracted with CH 2 Cl 2 . The combined organic extracts were washed with 5% aqueous NaOH solution, followed by water, dried over anhydrous Na 2 SO 4 and concentrated in vacuo.
• Step 3 The solution of 2-amino-5-chlorophenol (1.6 g, 11.1 mmol) and 1,5-dibromo-3,3-dimethylpentane (3.5 g, 13.4 mmol) in sulfolane (10 mL) was stirred at 150 °C for 16 h. The reaction mixture was cooled to rt, diluted with acetone and filtered through Celite bed. The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified on silica gel column (EtOAc/hexane, 0-100%) to provide 5-chloro-2-(4,4-dimethylpiperidin-1-yl)phenol as a brown oil (1.3 g, 46%). LCMS: m/z 239.95 [M]*.
• Step 4 To the solution of 5-chloro-2-(4,4-dimethylpiperidin-1-yl)phenol (1.5 g, 6.3 mmol) in acetone (20 mL), K 2 CO 3 (1.3 g, 9.4 mmol) was added, stirred for 10 min and then tert -butyl 2,4-dibromobutanoate (I 4-1) (1.6 g, 6.3 mmol) was added dropwise at 0 °C and stirred at rt for 16 h. The reaction mixture was filtered through Celite and the filtrate was concentrated in vacuo.
• Step 5 To a solution of tert -butyl 4-bromo-2-(5-chloro-2-(4,4-dimethylpiperidin-1-yl)phenoxy)butanoate (2.2 g, 4.8 mmol) in THF (40 mL) was added KOtBu (1.3 g, 9.4 mmol) at 0 °C and stirred at rt for 4 h. The reaction was quenched with water and extracted with EtOAc twice. The combined organic extracts were washed with brine solution, dried over anhydrous Na 2 SO 4 and concentrated in vacuo to afford a crude oil.
• Step 6 Trifluoroacetic acid (3 mL) was added to a stirred solution of tert -butyl 1-(5-chloro-2-(4,4-dimethylpiperidin-1-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxylate (0.5 g, 1.3 mmol) in CH 2 Cl 2 (10 mL) at 0 °C and stirred at rt for 16 h. The reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo and the residue was triturated with hexane to afford 1-(5-chloro-2-(4,4-dimethylpiperidin-1-ylphenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid as an off-white solid (0.4 g crude, 93%).
• LCMS m/z 321.90 [M-H] + ; Rt 1.410 min.
• Step 7 A solution of 1-(5-chloro-2-(4,4-dimethylpiperidin-1-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (100 mg, 0.3 mmol), 6-fluoropyridine-2-sulfonamide (I 3-1) (55 mg, 0.3 mmol), EDCI (89 mg, 0.5 mmol) and DMAP (76 mg, 0.6 mmol) in CH 2 Cl 2 (10 mL) was stirred at rt for 16 h. The reaction mixture was quenched with aqueous citric acid solution and extracted with CH 2 Cl 2 twice.
• Step 8 The solution of 1-(5-chloro-2-(4,4-dimethylpiperidin-1-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-fluoropyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide (100 mg, 0.2 mmol), (S)-pyrrolidin-3-ol (36 mg, 0.4 mmol) and N,N- diisoproylethylamine (0.11 ml, 0.8 mmol) in dry DMSO (3 mL) was heated at 100 °C for 16 h. The reaction mixture was cooled to rt and quenched with aqueous citric acid solution.
• the starting materials for the above reaction scheme are commercially available or can be prepared according to methods known to one skilled in the art or by methods disclosed herein.
• compounds 9-1 to 9-45 of the invention are prepared in the above reaction Scheme 1 as follows:
• Example 9-1 (S)-1-(5-chloro-2-(2-azaspiro[3.6]nonan-2-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide
• the reaction mixture was purged with N 2 for 10 min, and heated at 80 °C for 20 h.
• the reaction mixture was diluted with dichloromethane, water and saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution, then acidified with 10% aqueous citric acid solution to - pH4.
• the aqueous layer was isolated and was extracted with additional volume of dichloromethane.
• the combined organic extracts were washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo.
• the residue was purified on silica gel column (EtOAc/dichloromethane, 0-40%) to afford a white solid.
• Example 9-2 1 - (5-chloro-2-(2-azaspiro[3.5]nonan-2-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(4-hydroxy-4-(trifluoromethyl)piperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide
• the reaction mixture was diluted with dichloromethane, water and saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution.
• the aqueous layer was separated and extracted with more dichloromethane.
• the combined organic extracts were washed with 1M aqueous LiCI solution and brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and concentrated in vacuo.
• the crude residue was purified on silica gel column (MeOH/DCM, 0-5%) to afford a brown solid.
• the still impure product was stirred with SiliaMetS-Thiol (500 mg, loading:1.3 mmol/g, 0.7 mmol) in MeOH (10 mL) at rt for 18 h.
• Example 8-3 1-(5-chloro-2-(2-azaspiro[3.5]nonan-2-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-((3aR,4R,6aS)-4-hydroxyhexahydrocyclopenta[c]pyrrol-2(1H)-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide
• the reaction mixture was purged with N 2 for 10 min, and heated at 80 °C for 16 h.
• the reaction mixture was diluted with dichloromethane, water and saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution, then acidified with 10% aqueous citric acid solution to - pH4 and extracted with dichloromethane multiple times.
• the combined organic extracts were washed with brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo.
• Example 9-4 (S)-1-(5-chloro-2-(3,3-dimethylpiperidin-1-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide
• reaction mixture turned to brown upon heating.
• the reaction mixture was diluted with dichloromethane, water and saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution, and was extracted with additional dichloromethane.
• the combined organic extracts were washed with brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and concentrated in vacuo.
• the residue was purified by mass-directed reversed phase HPLC (Condition 1, Basic, Method 3).
• Examples 9-5-1 and 9-6-2 1-(2-(((1r,4r)-4-( tert -butyl)cyclohexyl)amino)-5-chlorophenoxy)- N -((6-((S)-3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide and 1-(2-(((1s,4s)-4-( tert- butyl)cyclohexyl)amino)-5-chlorophenoxy)- N -((6-((S)-3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide
• reaction mixture was purged with N 2 for 5 min, and heated at 85 °C for 16 h.
• the reaction mixture was diluted with EtOAc, saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution and water, and acidified with 10% aqueous citric acid solution to - pH4.
• the reaction mixture was extracted with additional EtOAc.
• the combined organic extracts were washed with brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and concentrated in vacuo.
• Example 9-45 N -((6-Aminopyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-chloro-2-(4,4-dimethylpiperidin-1-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide
• Step 1 A solution of 1-(5-chloro-2-(4,4-dimethylpiperidin-1-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid ( I 38-1 ) (100 mg, 0.3 mmol), tert -butyl (6-sulfamoylpyridin-2-yl)carbamate (85 mg, 0.3 mmol), EDCl (89 mg, 0.5 mmol) and DMAP (76 mg, 0.6 mmol) in CH 2 Cl 2 (10 mL) was stirred at rt for 16 h. The reaction mixture was quenched with aqueous citric acid solution and extracted with CH 2 Cl 2 twice.
• Step 2 The solution of tert -butyl (6-( N -(1-(5-chloro-2-(4,4-dimethylpiperidin-1-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carbonyl)sulfamoyl)pyridin-2-yl)carbamate (100 mg, 0.2 mmol) and dioxane-HCl (10%) (3 mL) was stirred at rt for 16 h.
• Scheme 5 represents the general synthesis of a compound of Formula I.
• Example 10-1 (S)-1-(5-chloro-2-(4,4-dimethylpiperidin-1-yl)phenoxy)-N-((6-(3-hydroxy-3-methylpyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide
• the crude reaction was diluted with ethyl acetate (80 mL), acidified to ⁇ pH 4, and washed with water (20 mL), saturated aqueous LiCI solution (20 mL), and brine (20 mL). The organic layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo to yield a dark yellow oil.
• Example 10-2 1-(5-chloro-2-(4,4-dimethylpiperidin-1-yl)phenoxy)-N-((6-(4-hydroxy-4-(3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)piperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 707.4 [M] + ; Rt 0.72 min.
• Example 10-3 1-(5-chloro-2-(4,4-dimethylpiperidin-1-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(4-(pyridin-2-yl)piperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 624.3 [M] + ; Rt 0.67 min.
• Example 10-4 (S)-1-(2-(4,4-dimethylpiperidin-1-yl)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-(3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 529.3 [M+1] + ; Rt 0.59 min.
• Example 10-5 1-(5-chloro-2-(4,4-dimethylpiperidin-1-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-((2-methoxyethyl)(methyl)amino)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 551.3 [M] + ; Rt 0.89 min.
• Example 10-7 1-(5-chloro-2-(3,3-dimethylpiperidin-1-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(4-hydroxy-4-(trifluoromethyl)piperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 631.3 [M] + ; Rt 0.70 min.
• Example 10-8 N -((6-(3H-spiro[isobenzofuran-1,4'-piperidin]-1'-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-chloro-2-(4,4-dimethylpiperidin-1-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxamide Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 651.4 [M] + ; Rt 0.74 min.
• Example 10-9 1-(5-chloro-2-(4,4-dimethylpiperidin-1-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(4-hydroxy-4-(trifluoromethyl)piperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 631.3 [M] + ; Rt 0.69 min.
• Example 10-10 1-(5-chloro-2-(4,4-dimethylpiperidin-1-yl)phenoxy)- N -((6-(6-oxohexahydropyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazin-2(1H)-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropanecarboxamide Condition 3, LCMS: m/z 602.3 [M] + ; Rt 0.65 min.
• Examples 11-1-1 and 11-1-2 N-((6-(4-(4-chlorophenyl)-4-hydroxypiperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(2-(6,6-dimethyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-yl)-6-methylphenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide, Enantiomer 1 and Enantiomer 2
• the intermediates I 3-1 and I 29-1 were synthesized accordingly as described in the intermediate synthesis section.
• the reaction mixture was quenched with saturated aqueous citric acid solution, extracted with dichloromethane twice. The combined organic extracts were washed with water, brine and dried over anhydrous Na 2 SO 4 , filtered and concentrated in vacuo.
• the crude product was purified by reversed phase HPLC [Phenominex Luna C18 (250 mm ⁇ 21.20 mm), 5 micron , 20 mL/min, 40-90% acetonitrile/0.05% formic acid in water] to obtain the racemic mixture of N -((6-(4-(4-chlorophenyl)-4-hydroxypiperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(2-(6,6-dimethyltetrahydro- 2H -pyran-3-yl)-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide as a white solid (190 mg, 44% yield).
• Examples 11-2-1 and 11-2-2 1-(2-(6,6-Dimethyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-yl)-5-methylphenoxy)- N -((6-(4-hydroxy-4-(trifluoromethyl)piperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide, Enantiomer 1 PEAK 1 and Enantiomer 2 PEAK 2)
• Examples 11-3-1 and 11-3-2 N-((6-(4-(4-chlorophenyl)-4-hydroxypiperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-methyl-2-(6-oxaspiro[4.5]decan-8-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide, Enantiomer 1 and Enantiomer 2
• Examples 11-4-1 and 11-4-2 N-((6-(4-hydroxy-4-methylpiperidin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-methyl-2-(5-oxaspiro[3.5]nonan-7-yl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide, Enantiomer 1 PEAK 1 and Enantiomer 2 PEAK 2
• the preparation of the starting materials/intermediates can be performed as follows.
• Step 1 A 250 mL round bottom flask was charged with tert -butyl (6-bromopyridin-2-yl)carbamate ( I 1-1a ) (9.8 g, 36.0 mmol), PdCl 2 (dppf).CH 2 Cl 2 adduct (1.47 g, 1.8 mmol), Cs 2 CO 3 (15.3 g, 46.8 mmol), triisopropylsilanethiol (10.1 mL, 46.8 mmol), and toluene (150 mL). The reaction mixture was filled with nitrogen and stirred at 100 °C for 15 h. The reaction mixture was filtered through Celite, washed with DCM and concentrated.
• the product was purified by silica gel column (EtOAc/hexane, 0-60%) to afford tert -butyl (6-thioxo-1,6-dihydropyridin-2-yi)carbamate (5.9 g, 72% yield) as yellow crystals.
• the product was partially oxidized into di-tert-butyl (6,6'-disulfanediylbis(pyridine-6,2-diyl))dicarbamate(I 1-1b ): LCMS: m/z 227.1 [M+H] + .
• Step 2 To a solution of tert -butyl (6-thioxo-1,6-dihydropyridin-2-yl)carbamate (( I 1-1b ) (1.7 g, 7.5 mmol) in acetonitrile (60 mL) was added KNO 3 (1.9 g, 18.8 mmol). The reaction mixture was cooled to -10 °C in ice water salt bath and SO 2 Cl 2 (1.5 mL, 18.8 mmol) was added dropwise at the same temperature and stirred for 5 min. The mixture was diluted with ice-water and extracted with DCM (x 3).
• Step 3 A solution of tert -butyl (6-(chlorosulfonyl)pyridin-2-yl)carbamate ( I 1-1c ) (2.5 g, 8.5 mmol) in MeCN (85 mL) was added to concentrated aqueous ammonium hydroxide solution (55.4 mL, 427 mmol) cooled to 0 °C. The reaction mixture was stirred for 30 min at 0 °C, then was warmed to rt, and was stirred at rt for 8 h. Deionized water was added and extracted twice with DCM, washed with brine, dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, and the combined organic extracts were dried in vacuo.
• Step 1 To dry DMF (300 mL) in a sealed tube, was added NaOtBu (74.8 g, 777.9 mmol) followed by phenylmethanethiol (91.1 mL, 777.9 mmol) at rt and stirred for 30 min. Then 6-chloropyridin-2-amine ( I 1-1d ) (50.0 g, 388.9 mmol) was added in portions for 15 min at rt, followed by KF (45.2 g, 777.9 mmol). The reaction was sealed and heated at 80-90 °C for 36 h. Then the reaction was quenched with water (1.5 L) and extracted with Et 2 O ( ⁇ 3).
• Step 2 To the stirred solution of 6-(benzylthio)pyridin-2-amine ( I 1-1e ) (135.0 g, 624.1 mmol), DMAP (7.8 g, 62.4 mmol), and DIPEA (128 mL, 749.0 mmol) in DCM (5.5 L), Boc anhydride dissolved in DCM (1.5 L) was added dropwise by addition funnel over 6 h at 0 °C. The reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 16 h. The reaction mixture was diluted with water and extracted with DCM twice. The combined organic portion was washed with brine solution, dried over Na 2 SO 4 and concentrated in vacuo to yield the crude compound.
• Step 3 To a two-necked round bottom flask containing tert -butyl (6-(benzylthio)pyriidne-2-yl carbamate ( I 1-1-f ) (84.0 g, 285.5 mmol) was added DCM (800 mL) and water (200 mL) at rt. The content was then cool to 0 °C with an ice bath. Chlorine gas (generated from KMnO 4 -conc HCl) was purged for 30 min and reaction mixture stirred for additional 30 min at 0°C. After completion of the reaction, N 2 was purged for 20 min, reaction mixture was diluted with water (1000 mL). The organic portion was extracted with DCM ( ⁇ 3).
• Step 1 To a solution of 6-bromo-5-fluoropicolinic acid (0.8 g, 3.4 mmol) in t -BuOH (17 mL) and triethylamine (0.5 mL, 3.4 mmol) was added diphenylphosphoryl azide (0.7 mL, 3.4 mmol). The slurry was stirred at rt until all solids were dissolved (approximately15 min), after which it was stirred at rt for 1h then heated at 75 °C for 2 h. Upon cooling, the mixture was concentrated in vacuo.
• Step 2 To a solution of tert-butyl (6-bromo-5-fluoropyridin-2-yl)carbamate (628 mg, 2.2 mmol) in toluene (12 mL), PdCl 2 (dppf) ⁇ CH 2 Cl 2 adduct (176 mg, 0.2 mmol) and Cs 2 CO 3 (914 mg, 2.8 mmol) were added. The reaction mixture was sparged with nitrogen, triisopropylsilanethiol (0.602 mL, 2.80 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was resparged with nitrogen and then was stirred at 100 °C for 2 h. The reaction mixture was filtered through a pad of Celite, concentrated in vacuo.
• Step 3 To a slurry of tert -butyl (5-fluoro-6-thioxo-1,6-dihydropyridin-2-yl)carbamate (468 mg, 1.9 mmol) in MeCN (5 mL), was added KNO 3 (484 mg, 4.8 mmol) and was cooled to 0 °C. While cooling, SO 2 Cl 2 (1M in DCM) (4.8 mL, 4.8 mmol) was slowly added and the reaction mixture was stirred for 20 min. Water was added and extracted with DCM ( ⁇ 4), washed with brine, dried over Na 2 SO 4 , concentrated in vacuo.
• Step 4 A solution of tert -butyl (6-(chlorosulfonyl)-5-fluoropyridin-2-yl)carbamate (287 mg, 0.9 mmol) in MeCN (9 mL) was added dropwise to concentrated aqueous ammonium hydroxide solution (3.0 mL, 23.1 mmol) cooled to 0 °C. The reaction mixture was stirred for 30 min at 0 °C, then was warmed to rt and was stirred for additional 18 h. The reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo. The reaction mixture was taken up in MeOH, purified by a reverse-phase ISCO C18 column (acetonitrile/water, 10-100%).
• Step 1 To a two-necked round bottom flask containing anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (500 mL) cooled at 0 °C was added sodium hydride (60% suspension in oil) (19.2 g, 477.9 mmol) in portions. A solution of phenylmethanethiol (51.0 mL, 434.5 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran was added dropwise via an additional funnel and stirred at 0 °C. After 30 min, 2,6-difluoropyridine (50.0 g, 434.5 mmol) in THF (100 mL) was added dropwise via additional funnel maintaining the reaction temperature at 0°C. The reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 16 h.
• sodium hydride 50% suspension in oil
• Step 2 A mixture of 2-(benzylthio)-6-fluoropyridine ( I 3-1b ) (60.0 g, 273.6 mmol) in DCM (2000 mL) and water (400 mL) was cooled to 0 °C with an ice-water bath. Chlorine gas (generated from KMnO 4 -concentrated HCl) was sparged into the reaction mixture for 1 h and 15 min at 0°C. After reaction completion. N 2 was sparged into the reaction mixture for 20 min. The reaction mixture was then diluted with water (1000 mL). The organic phase was extracted with DCM (x 3).
• Step 3 A solution of 6-fluoropyridine-2-sulfonyl chloride ( I 3-1c ) (3.0 g, 15.3 mmol) in DCM was cooled to 0 °C with an ice-water bath. Ammonia gas was sparged into the reaction mixture for 10 min and then the reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 1 h. The reaction mixture was filtered through a pad of Celite to remove the solid, and the filtrate was concentrated in vacuo to yield the crude product, which was triturated with hexane, filtered and dried in vacuo to obtain the product as an off-white solid (2.6 g, 87%). LCMS: m/z 174.90 [M+H] + .
• Step 1 To the stirred solution of tert -butyl 4-cyanopiperidine-1-carboxylate (6.0 g, 28.5 mmol) in dry THF (100 mL), LiHMDS (1M in THF) (34 mL, 34.2 mmol) was added dropwise at -78°C under N 2 and stirred for 30 min. Then Mel (3.6 mL, 57.1 mmol) was added and stirred for additional 30 min at -78 °C. The reaction mixture was quenched with saturated NH 4 Cl solution and extracted with EtOAc thrice. The combined organic solution was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous Na 2 SO 4 and concentrated in vacuo.
• Step 2 The solution of tert-butyl 4-cyano-4-methylpiperidine-1-carboxylate (5.8 g, 25.9 mmol) and 4 M HCl in 1,4-dioxane (30 mL) was stirred at rt for 16 h.
• Step 3 The solution of 8-fluoropyridine-2-sulfonamide ( I 3-1 ) (3.0 g, 17.0 mmol), 4-methylpiperidine-4-carbonitrile hydrochloride (4.1 g, 25.5 mmol) and N,N- diisopropylethylamine (11.7 mL, 68.1 mmol) in dry DMSO (12 mL) was heated at 100 °C for 16 h. The reaction mixture was cooled to rt, diluted with water and extracted with EtOAc thrice. The combined organic solution was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous Na 2 SO 4 and concentrated in vacuo.
• PBr 3 (1.2 mL, 7.8 mmol) was added to ⁇ -butyrolactone (80.0 mL, 780.58 mmol) in a three-neck flask equipped with a condenser and heated to 100 °C under nitrogen.
• Br 2 40 mL, 780.6 mmol was added dropwise over 2 h and stirred for additional 5 h.
• the reaction mixture was then cooled to 0 °C, and SOCl 2 (79.5 mL, 1092.81 mmol) was added dropwise.
• the reaction mixture was heated at 75 °C for 2 h.
• reaction mixture was again cooled to 0 °C and tert -butanol (1000 mL) was added dropwise and stirred at rt for 16 h. Then the reaction mixture concentrated in vacuo. The dried residue was diluted with water (1500 mL), and extracted with EtOAc (3 ⁇ 500 mL). The combined organic solution was washed with brine solution, dried over anhydrous Na 2 SO 4 and concentrated in vacuo to afford a crude oil.
• Step 1 To a solution of tert -butyl 2,4-dibromobutanoate (508 mg, 1.7 mmol) and 2-cyclohexyl-5-methylphenol (320 mg, 1.7 mmol) in DMF (6 mL), potassium carbonate (548 mg, 1.7 mmol) was added and the mixture was stirred at 60 °C for 4 h. The reaction mixture was cooled to rt and EtOAc (10 mL) and hexane (15 mL) was added; the organic layer was separated and washed with water (2 ⁇ 50 mL) and brine (20 mL), dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and concentrated in vacuo.
• Step 2 To a solution of tert-butyl 1-(2-cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxylate (101 mg, 0.3 mmol) in DCM (2 mL), TFA (24 ⁇ L, 0.3 mmol) was added. The mixture was stirred for 5 h. The reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo, and the product was dried under high vacuum to afford 1-(2-cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxylic acid (I 5-1) (76 mg, 68% yield): Condition 2, LCMS: m/z 275.2 [M+1] + , 1.71 min.
• Step 1 To a solution of 2-cyclohexyl-5-methylphenol (120.0 g, 830.7 mmol) in DMF (800 mL) was added K 2 CO 3 (261.5 g, 1.9 mol) and 2 (208.1 g, 1.3 mol) at 25 °C. After stirred at 80 °C for 16 h, the reaction mixture was poured into ice water, and extracted with EtOAc (500 mL ⁇ 2).
• Step 2 To a solution of 3-(2-cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)dihydrofuran-2(3H)-one (172.0 g, 626.9 mmol) in MeOH (2 L) was added iodine (25.0 g, 98.5 mmol). After heated to reflux at 80 °C for 16 h, the reaction mixture was quenched with saturated aqueous Na 2 S 2 O 3 solution (100 mL).
• Step 3 To a solution of methyl 2-(2-cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)-4-hydroxybutanoate (154.0 g, 502.6 mmol) and Et 3 N (108.0 g, 1.1 mol) in DCM (1.5 L) was added a solution of TsCI (139.0 g, 729.1 mmol) in DCM (300 mL) at 0 - 25°C. Then the reaction mixture was warmed to rt and stirred at this temperature for 20 h. The reaction solution was washed with water (1 L) and the aqueous phase was extracted with DCM (500 mL ⁇ 2).
• Step 4 To a solution of methyl 2-(2-cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)-4-(tosyloxy)butanoate (145.0 g, 314.8 mmol) in THF (1.5 L) was added t-BuOK (48.0 g, 427.8 mmol) at -15°C in portions. Then it was warmed to rt and stirred at this temperature for 3 h. The reaction mixture was filtered through celite pad and washed with DCM (1 L ⁇ 2). The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo.
• Step 5 To a stirred solution of methyl 1-(2-cyclohexyl-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxylate (80.0 g, 208.1 mmol) in a co-solvent of H 2 O (300 mL) and MeOH (900 mL) was added LiOH (24.9 g, 1.0 mol) at rt. After stirred at rt for 16 h, the reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo. Then the crude residue was diluted with water (500 mL) and extracted with MTBE (300 mL). The aqueous phase was adjusted to pH 3 with aqueous HCl solution (2 M), then extracted with MTBE (300 mL ⁇ 3).
• Step 1 In a 250 mL round bottomed flask with stir bar, tert -butyl 2,4-dibromobutanoate (12.4 mL, 64.1 mmol), 2-bromo-5-methylphenol (10.0 g, 53.5 mmol), and potassium carbonate (9.8 g, 70.8 mmol) were added. Molecular sieves were added to the flask. DMF (100 mL) was then added to the flask and the reaction was allowed to stir at room temperature until completion. The reaction was filtered and then diluted with 300 mL of heptanes and washed with water (100 mL) and brine (2 ⁇ 100 mL).
• Step 2 To a solution of tert-butyl 4-bromo-2-(2-bromo-5-methylphenoxy)butanoate (20.0 g, 49.0 mmol) in THF (100 mL) cooled to 0 °C under nitrogen, sodium tert -butoxide in THF (30 mL, 60.0 mmol) was added dropwise. The reaction was allowed to warm to rt and stirred until completion. The solution was diluted with heptane (250 mL) and washed with water (2 ⁇ 80 mL), saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution (80 mL), and brine (80 mL). The combined organic layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo.
• Step 3 To a solution of tert-butyl 1-(2-bromo-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxylate (1.0 g, 3.1 mmol) in DCM (5 mL) was added 4.0 M HCl in 1,4-dioxane (1.9 mL, 7.6 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 18 h.
• Step 1 A Vapourtec R2/R4 flow reactor system with one PFA reactor coils was used.
• Step 2 A solution of tert -butyl 1-(2-bromo-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxylate ( I 6 - 1 ) (200 mg, 0.6 mmol) and Intermediate 7-1-a ( trans, racemate 230 mg, 0.9 mmol) in toluene (3 mL) and water was added potassium carbonate (338 mg, 2.4 mmol). Flushed with N 2 for 3 minutes. Pd(OAc) 2 (14 mg, 0.06 mmol) was added and followed by dicyclohexyl(2',6'-diisopropoxy-[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl)phosphane (RuPhos) (57 mg, 0.1 mmol).
• Step 3 A solution of Intermediate 7-1-b (85 mg, 0.2 mmol) was treated with TFA (1 mL, 13.0 mmol) and stirred at 60 °C for 16 h. TFA was removed by rotary evaporation, and the resulting residue was dried and washed with hexane to give racemic trans-N- ((6-aminopyridin-2-yl)sulfonyl)-1-(5-methyl-2-(2-(trifluoromethyl)cyclopropyl)phenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxamide ( I 7-1 ) as crude TFA salts.
• Step 1 Tert-butyl 1-(2-bromo-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxylate ( I 6-1 ) (300 mg, 0.9 mmol) and 2-(4,4-difluorocyclohex-1-en-1-yl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolane (269 mg, 1.1 mmol) were dissolved in 1,4-dioxane (10 mL) and water (1 mL) and treated with sodium carbonate (243 mg, 2.3 mmol). The mixture was degassed using argon and tetrakis(triphenylphosphino)palladium(0) (53 mg, 0.05 mmol) was added.
• reaction mixture was degassed again and was stirred at 120 °C for 2 h.
• the reaction mixture was cooled, extracted with ethyl acetate (50 mL), dried over anhydrous Na 2 SO 4 , filtered and concentrated in vacuo to yield a brown oil.
• Step 2 Tert -butyl 1-((4',4'-difluoro-4-methyl-2',3',4',5'-tetrahydro-[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl)oxy)cyclopropanecarboxylate (345 mg, 0.9 mmol) and 10% Pd-C (403 mg, 0.2 mmol) in ethyl acetate (10 mL) was degassed and stirred under 1 atm hydrogen at rt for 18 h.
• Step 3 To a solution of tert-butyl 1-(2-(4,4-difluorocyclohexyl)-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxylate (0.5 g, 0.9 mmol) in DCM (5 mL) was added 4.0 M HCl in 1,4-dioxane (0.7 mL, 2.6 mmol). The mixture was stirred at 20 °C for 18 h. The reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo. It was treated with diethyl ether (10 mL) and sonicated until all solids were suspended.
• Step 1 To the stirred solution of 4,4-difluorocyclohexan-1-one (10.0 g, 74.6 mmol) in dry THF (100 mL), LiHMDS (1M in THF) (82 mL, 82.0 mmol) was added dropwise at -78 °C and stirred for 1 h under nitrogen. Phenyltrifluoromethanesulfonimide (32.0 g, 89.5 mmol) dissolved in THF (100 mL) was added dropwise at -78 °C. The reaction temperature was slowly raised to rt and stirred for 16 h. The reaction was quenched with water and extracted with EtOAc thrice.
• Step 2 The stirred solution of 4,4-difluorocyclohex-1-en-1-yl trifluoromethanesulfonate (22 g), bis(pinacolato)diboron (21.0 g, 82.6 mmol), potassium acetate (24.3 g, 247.6 mmol), Pd(dppf)Cl 2 ⁇ CH 2 Cl 2 adduct (3.4 g, 4.1 mmol) and dppf (1.4 g, 2.5 mmol) in 1,4-dioxane (200 mL) was degassed with nitrogen for 10 min and heated at 90 °C under nitrogen for 16 h. The reaction mixture was diluted with water and extracted with EtOAc thrice.
• Step 3 The stirred solution of 1-(2-bromo-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid ( I 6-2 ) (3.0 g, 11.1 mmol), 2-(4,4-difluorocyclohex-1-en-1-yl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolane (3.5 g, 14.4 mmol), K 3 PO 4 (4.7 g, 22.1 mmol) in 4:1 v/v 1,4-dioxane/water (50 mL) was degassed with argon for 10 min.
• Step 4 To the solution of 1-((4',4'-difluoro-4-methyl-2',3',4',5'-tetrahydro-[1,1 '-biphenyl]-2-yl)oxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (3.0 g, 9.7 mmol) in MeOH (30 mL), 10% Pd/C (0.6 g) was added, degassed and stirred under atmospheric hydrogen at rt for 2 h.
• Step 1 A mixture of tert-butyl 1-(2-bromo-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxylate ( I 6-1 ) (1.8 g, 5.5 mmol), 3-(3,3,4,4-tetramethylborolan-1-yl)cyclohex-2-enone (1.0 g, 4.6 mmol), tetrakis(triphenylphosphino)palladium(0) (0.3 g, 0.2 mmol), and sodium carbonate (1.5 g, 13.8 mmol) in 5:1 1,4-dioxane/H 2 O (23 mL) was degassed under N 2 for 10 min, and heated at 110 °C for 16 h.
• Step 2 To a solution of tert -butyl 1-((4-methyl-5'-oxo-2',3',4',5'-tetrahydro-[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl)oxy)cyclopropanecarboxylate (1.1 g, 3.2 mmol) in MeOH (31 mL), Pd/C(10% on carbon, 108 mg, 0.3 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was degassed in vacuo, and stirred under atmospheric hydrogen for 18 h.
• Step 3 To a solution of DAST (0.8 mL, 5.9 mmol) in anhydrous DCM (7 mL) cooled at -70 °C was added a solution of tert -butyl 1-(5-methyl-2-(3-oxocyclohexyl)phenoxy)cyclopropanecarboxylate (319 mg, 0.9 mmol) in DCM (0.5 mL). After 1 h, the reaction mixture was slowly warmed to rt and stirred for 18 h. The reaction mixture was partitioned between DCM and brine, then, the organic extracts were combined, dried over anhydrous Na 2 SO 4 , concentrated in vacuo.
• tert -butyl 1-(2-(3,3-difluorocyclohexyl)-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopropane-1-carboxylate was dissolved in 4.0 M HCl in 1,4-dioxane (8 mL), and the reaction mixture was stirred for 18 h. The reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo, and the crude residue was partitioned between DCM and brine.
• Step 1 To the solution of 2-bromo-5-methylphenol (2.5 g, 13.4 mmol), cyclopentanone (12 mL, 133.7 mmol) and NaOH (5.3 g, 133.7 mmol) in THF (25 mL) was added CHCl 3 dropwise at 0 °C and stirred at rt for 16 h. The reaction mixture was quenched with water and extracted twice with ether. The aqueous solution was acidified with 6N aqueous HCl solution, extracted thrice with EtOAc.
• Step 2 To the solution of 1-(2-bromo-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopentane-1-carboxylic acid (3.8 g crude) in DMF (20 mL), was added K 2 CO 3 (2.8 g, 19.1 mmol), followed by Mel (1.2 ml, 19.1 mmol) dropwise and stirred at rt for 16 h. The reaction mixture was poured into ice-cold water and extracted thrice with EtOAc. The combined organic solution was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous Na 2 SO 4 and concentrated in vacuo.
• Step 3 The stirred solution of methyl 1-(2-bromo-5-methylphenoxy)cyclopentane-1-carboxylate (1.2 g, 3.8 mmol), 4-methyl-N'-(1,1,1-trifluoropropan-2-ylidene)benzenesulfonohydrazide (1.8 g, 5.8 mmol), LiOtBu (0. 7 g, 8.4 mmol), Pd 2 (dba) 3 (0.2 g, 0.2 mmol) and Xphos (0.7 g, 0.9 mmol) in 1,4-dioxane (20 mL) was degassed with argon for 15 min, then the reaction mixture was heated at 110 °C for 16 h under argon.
• Step 4 A solution of CH 2 N 2 in Et 2 O was prepared by adding N -nitraso- N -methyl urea (10.5 g, 102.2 mmol) in portions to the stirred solution of 6N KOH (20 mL) and Et 2 O cooled at -10°C, then separating the Et 2 O solution and drying over KOH pellets.
• 6N KOH 6N KOH
• Et 2 O cooled at -10°C
• Step 5 The solution of methyl 1-(5-methyl-2-(3-(trifluoromethyl)-4,5-dihydro-3H-pyrazol-3-yl)phenoxy)cyclopentane-1-carboxylate (0.2 g, 0.5 mmol) in xylene was heated at 140 °C for 4 h.

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